Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders. PER693 Sir Bobby Robson by Stephen

Sir Bobby Robson by Stephen Doig

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The Scharnhorst is pictured in 1939 when she and her sister ship Gneisenau menacingly prowled the North Atlantic

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Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders. PER693 Sir Bobby Robson by StephenDHM1088. Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders. The entry of the United States into the war opened up vast new hunting grounds for the German u boat fleet. Operation Paukenschlag (Drumbeat in English) began in January 1942, bringing the U boats their easiest pickings of the war. Over 300 allied vessels were sunk during the Paukenschlag along the US coastline, ranging from New York harbor, to the Straits of Florida. This period, also known as the