WORLD WAR II: An original teleprinted document
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WORLD WAR II: An original teleprinted document (unsigned), one page, long folio (8.5 x 35) issued by the Commander in Chief, Home Fleet, n.d. (January 1945), to the Press Division Duty Officer at the Admiralty, headed 'Operation Spellbinder - Eye Witness Account'. The document details the British naval undertaking, using ships and carrier borne air elements of Admiral Sir Henry Moore's Home Fleet, to lay mines and attack German shipping off the west coast of German-occupied Norway between the 10th - 12th January 1945 and states, in part, 'Once again cruisers and destroyers of the Home Fleet, led by Rear Admiral Rhoderick McGrigor CB DSO have virtually written off an entire enemy supply convoy close to the Norwegian coast… Our force consisted of the cruiser HMS Norfolk… celebrated for her part in the “Bismarck” and “Scharnhorst” actions…This force was carrying out an anti-shipping sweep close in off the south west coast of Norway on the night of the 11th January. The sky was clear and the sea calm - weather conditions far nearer perfect than those which Home Fleet ships are usually out in during the winter months….We soon got the range and one by one all the ships of the enemy convoy were converted, sometimes to the accompaniment of spectacular explosions, from dark indistinct shapes to glowing balls of red fire contrasting vividly with the white light of our star shell suspended above them'. Some light foxing and a few minor tears and creases to the edges, otherwise about VG
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