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Word: gneisenau (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prison, torture and death without emotion-though it is on record that she once said "Pardon" to a woman friend whom she had just betrayed. The Cat continued her broadcasts to London and because of phony messages sent in her name, the British failed to trap the warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen; and it was she who informed the Nazis of the approaching British Commando raid on St. Nazaire. Out of a total British raiding force of 353. no less than 212 were killed or missing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fatal Ferret | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

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