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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
The Norwegian front is probably the best venue in the European theater for a battleship to make a contribution as a fire support asset, at least until the fighting moves into Finland.
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In my mind it's the only place they could have been used to any real effect. The supporting ships were basically all gone by June 1997 so it would be suicide for them (if any survived that long) to sortie into the Baltic, or even just cruise around in the North Sea within useful bombardment range of the coastline. Given the likely heavy use of sea mines by the Pact, going into the shallows without minesweepers, etc would be pure idiocy!
In my mind, if any survived beyond June 97, they'd have quickly been reassigned to the other "secondary" fronts where the threat to them would have been greatly diminished. From memory, we can find one in the Gulf as per the RDF book?