The Prince of Wales

During World War II, Winston Churchill sent two capital ships just off the coast of Singapore as a deterrent for the Japanese expansion forces. They didn't realize that Japan had pretty advanced torpedo bombers which could really strike the ships from a long range and sunk these two very big battleships. So it was a big battle, and I've actually got a quote here of what Winston Churchill said,. because he was called the next morning. Let me see, bye.

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