Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "German Merchant Raiders of WW2 - Gentleman Raiders of the High Seas" video.

  1. A 'False Flag' is a legal ruse de guerre, providing that it is replaced before opening fire. In WW1, for example, many Q Ships used were fitted so that the gun port shields were dropped, and the white ensign raised, at the same moment.
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  2. There were nine such auxiliary cruisers, and the main armament of each was 6 x 5.9 inch guns A Buckley was actually a DE, or escort destroyer, armed with 3 x 3 inch guns.
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