ADMIRALTY. - Battle Summary No. 11. The Passage of the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen through the English Channel, 12th February 1942. ORIGINAL ADMIRALTY ASSESSMENT OF THE CHANNEL DASH: A RARE SURVIVAL

Tactical and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty,, 1948. 8vo., First Edition thus, 2 large folding plans; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-faded at margins else a near fine copy. 'This book is for the use of persons in HM Service only and must not be shown or made available to the Press or the public'. THE OFFICIAL ADMIRALTY ASSESSMENT OF 'THE CHANNEL DASH' (German: Operation CERBERUS) which led to the astonishing escape of two German battlecruisers and one heavy cruiser under the noses of both the Royal Navy and RAF. Admiralty Battle Summaries were produced, as soon as tactically sensible after the actual event, for purposes of in-house tuition and education, and never made publicly available. EXTREMELY SCARCE.