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BrianC 27th August 2020 19:01

15 August 1940
 
Hi guys

An explosion took place at the patrol boat depot at Ostend on 15 August 1940. Three boats were seriously damaged and another slightly damaged.

Sabotage was suspected. Do we have further details? Were the perpetrators caught?

Stay safe
Brian

PS: Apparently Belgian Resistance Fighters.

Chris Goss 27th August 2020 21:40

Re: 15 August 1940
 
Did Belgium have an effective Resistance organisation less than 2 months after the German victory?

Nick Beale 27th August 2020 23:18

Re: 15 August 1940
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianC (Post 293920)
Do we have further details?

Details of the damage are given in the Seekriegsleitung diary:

https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zmsbw/fr...itung/docId/24 or

https://archive.org/details/wardiarygermann121940germ

I don't know if the cause was established but sabotage seems to have been the standard German assumption whenever something went wrong.

BrianC 28th August 2020 18:07

Re: 15 August 1940
 
Many thanks

That was my source.

Stay safe
Brian


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