Report Of The Board Of Enquiry Appointed To Enquire Into The Circumstances In Which The German Battle Cruisers Scharnhorst And Gneisenau And Cruiser Prinz Eugen Proceeded From Brest To Germany On February 12 1942. Board Of Enquiry Into The Channel Dash: A Rare Survival Admiralty And Air Ministry. Naval0

8vo., First Edition,; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy in customer-made cloth portfolio with printed paper label. Cmd. 6775. 'Presented by the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for Air to Parliament by Command of His Majesty March, 1946'. THE FIRST OFFICIAL ADMIRALTY/AIR MINISTRY 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. It conclusions led to the later publication of Battle Summary 11 in 1948. EXTREMELY SCARCE.