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Old 16th June 2026, 15:45
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Re: Operation Bodenplatte (the real story?)

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Originally Posted by Nick Beale View Post
I think there's another thing, the Luftwaffe was very taken with the idea of striking some big psychological blow that would make their enemies at least pause for a while. Bodenplatte and Galland's Großer Schlag were examples, also the plans for Eisenhammer (Soviet hydro-electric plants), Drachenhöhle (the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow) and Werwolf (Hajo Hermann's 7 April 1945 ramming operation).

Sounds a bit like the thinking behind Unternehmen Gisela?
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