The German plan was for "Stier", disguised as the minesweeper "Sperrbrecher 171", to be escorted through the English Channel to Gironde, and from there to break out to the Atlantic to attack Allied merchant ships.
The German plan was for "Stier", disguised as the minesweeper "Sperrbrecher 171", to be escorted through the English Channel to Gironde, France. From there, "Stier" was to break out into the Atlantic to attack Allied merchant ships.