If you want to learn a bit more about the Dunkerque-class battleships, here is a video from Drachinifel about them: The Strasbourg would be called back to Toulon where she would be later scuttled with the rest of the Vichy France fleet in November 1942. After a massive negotiation fiasco that happened with the Royal Navy’s Force H, the French fleet came under fire from the British force and had to evacuate Mers-El-Kébir with Strasbourg being able to escape without taking any major damage. However, Strasbourg was reassigned to Force X, based in Dakar but would quickly be sent back to the Mediterannean as it became more likely that Italy would soon enter the war.Īfter the fall of France and the armistice, the Strasbourg, as well as multiple other ships, was stationed in Mers-el-Kébir. When World War II started, the Strasbourg, alongside Dunkerque was assigned to the “Force de raid” that was meant to protected Allied merchant shipping. Her inter-war career was fairly quiet, being assigned to the Atlantic fleet. The Strasbourg was launched in December 1936 and commissioned on 15th September 1938. These ships were designed to counter the Deutschland-class of Panzerschiffe from the Kriegsmarine. The Strasbourg was the second unit of the Dunkerque-class of “Navires de ligne” (fast battleships) of the French Navy. Is she worth the grind? What does she bring over Dunkerque? Here is my opinion on the subject. The ship will also most likely be available in the Premium Shop but don’t quote me on that. With the release of Update 0.9.12, we will be able to access a new campaign with the final reward being the tier VII French battleship Strasbourg.
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