Barbara Tuchman quote: The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory ...

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

~ Barbara Tuchman ~

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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory...

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