@Chris_OH58D Generalleutnant, later General, Johannes Steinhoff. He was not commander of West Germany but of her airforce and later chairman of NATO Military Committee.
Before all that he was one of the top aces of WWII with over 170 confirmed victories.
@Michalis_Vlahos@HiddenHistoryYT True. But no other cruiser, not the most modern one, would have survived the kind of fire they were exposed to.
The BCs could have survived , had they been properly designed and handled.
Besides neither Black Prince nor Defence were what was called a „capital ship“.
@RDPHistory A partial Anglo-Saxon descendancy might be very widely spread; part of them certainly stayed in what now is Northern Germany. This is not of political importance since long ago
But of course there is a linguistical, cultural and political tie between the UK and the USA.
@RealAirPower1 As an aviation layman I would like to ask, if that means, Ukrainian planes have the chance to hide from MIG 31-launched long range missiles because of NATO reconnaissance?
If that is true, what are the consequences for the combat role of Ukrainian aeroplanes?