Comments by "Frank DeMaris" (@kemarisite) on "HMS Invincible - Guide 043 (Human Voice)" video.
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@spookyshadowhawk6776 interestingly, the Germans did raid Scapa Flow a few times, including with 32 Ju-88s in March 1940. However, the description of this as a Pearl Harbor type raid suggests it is being done as an opening gambit. The Germans only had a dozen Ju-88s in service in September 1939, with only about one aircraft being completed each week at that time. 32 aircraft six months later may have been a big chunk of the Ju-88 force, although with over 15,000 of all variants produced by the end of the war it would obviously be possible to manage a 200-plane raid by, say, the summer of 1940, especially if the type was not being used as part of the battle further south. What it would accomplish by almost a year into the war and in the absence of surprise is probably very little. Note that the Germans didn't bother with aerial torpedoes until about 1941, and torpedoes would arguably be the better weapon for such an air raid until the Fritz X comesinto service in 1943.
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