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Although famous for its dashing S-boats, the North Sea saw an array of ships from battleships (briefly) and cruisers to converted fishing boats. Destroyers, torpedo boats and minelayers laid extensive mine barrages close inshore, in the face of the Royal Navy. He also explores the command's defences, with its many Kriegsmarine shore troops, artillery emplacements, flak batteries and small units of marines.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nGerman coastal forces engaged British forces at Dunkirk and, with the fall of France, the war spread along the entire coastline. 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