Scharnhorst

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Gerhard von Scharnhorst was a Prussian general.

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Two naval ships of Germany were named after the general:

• SMS Scharnhorst was an armored cruiser of World War I, sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands.

• The battlecruiser (or light battleship) Scharnhorst was launched in 1936 and saw action in World War II.

 

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