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However, after the war, author [[Stephen Roskill]] noted: "The German Naval Staff, however, summarised the outcome as a 'tactical victory, but a strategic defeat'". These three powerful warships were no longer a menace to the Atlantic convoys but were instead re-assigned to the defence of Norway against an imagined invasion.<ref>Ruge p.266</ref> The [[St Nazaire Raid]] a few weeks later eliminated the threat to the North Atlantic convoys by capital ships of the ''Kriegsmarine''. This elimination of the threat was made even more so when only ten days after the operation, on 23 February, ''Prinz Eugen'' was torpedoed by the British submarine {{HMS|Trident|N52|6}}, destroying her stern and being knocked out for nearly a year. ''Gneisenau''{{'}}s luck ended a few days later on 26–27 February at [[Kiel]] when she was heavily damaged during British air attacks and effectively put out of the war.<ref>Ruge p.266</ref>

 

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