1940 Air Attack on British Shipping

UFA Tonwoche No. 492. February 7, 1940. The German Luftwaffe draws the noose around England ever tighter. In only the last 11 days almost 150,000 tons of shipping have been sunk, and our pilots have had a large share of this success. At an aerodrome near the coast. Bombers are made ready for missions against England. 30 degrees below zero and strong winds over the North Sea as the aircraft fly towards the English coastline. An English ship is targeted. Warning shots are fired over the bow. Now the bullets strike the steamer. This English steamer is raked with flak fire. England's coastline has been reached.Even here English ships are not safe. Ship number 2 is dealt with. This ship will bring no more war material to England.The aircraft turns back for home.The flight has taken one hour. Enemy fire! A third English ship burns in the water. Thus strike German aircraft day after day.Neither storms nor ice cold weather hinder them in the battle against England.

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• German
• Luftwaffe
• Bombers
• Air
• Attack
• British
• Shipping
• North
• Sea
• World
• War
• II
• Strafing

[wooblediwob]

@ChetzNation To stop, so the crew could abandon the ship without casualties. But they preferred to die senselessy as english "homos".. oehm..sorry... "heroes"

[BlacklistedFish]

@ChetzNation

Uh, surrender? I don't understand it either.

[ChetzNation]

Did they say they fired warning shots? What exactly was the ship supposed to do?

[Pitcairn2]

Yeah easy targets unarmed Merchant ships and Trawlers in this clip. Maybe a gun of WW1 vintage on the Merchantman. With a DEMS crew.

[TheJMJ1970]

@Tonymount Fuck you bitch לך תזדיין זונה

[TheJMJ1970]

@Tonymount Fuck you bitch

[Tonymount]

@TheJMJ1970 Can't read a trail of worm shit. English please.

[TheJMJ1970]

@Tonymount اللعنة عليك الكلبة

[Tonymount]

@TheJMJ1970 Germany tried that twice and failed both times. Stick that up dein arschloch !

[TheJMJ1970]

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