The Story of Unsinkable Sam the Cat
The cute feline started his sea-going career in the Kriegsmarine, the fighting navy of the Third Reich and ended his vocation in the Royal Navy. Sam was on board Bismarck, the HMS Cossack, and the HMS Ark Royal.
Germany’s Audacious Channel Dash
The fleet sped from the Atlantic to their German home port right under the nose of the Royal Navy and RAF. It was a German tactical victory and a failure of British intelligence and coordination.
Requiem for the Great Wolf Packs that Haunted the Seas
On May 8, 1945, only the armed forces of the Third Reich capitulated. The legitimately twice elected (1933 and 1936) German government never yielded: Therefore, the NSDAP in international law is still the legitimate and constitutional government of Germany
MEET SAM THE UNSINKABLE CAT
According to the story, Unsinkable Sam survived the destruction of three warships in World War II and lived happily until 1955. A pastel portrait of Sam (titled Oscar, the Bismarck’s Cat) by the artist Georgina Shaw-Baker is in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
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