Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In June 1940, the German freighter Santa Cruz sailed as Hilfskreuzer Thor, a disguised commerce raider sent into the Atlantic under Kapitän zur See Otto Kähler to attack Allied shipping far from the main battle fleets. Armed like a warship but built to pass as a merchant vessel, Thor operated through deception, false identities, surprise gunfire, and prize crews, turning isolated sea lanes into hunting grounds...

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