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The Strange Ship That Shouldn't Have Been There

On the night of December 27, 1940, the Pacific island of Nauru lay quiet, its valuable phosphate docks still, its harbor calm. A lone ship approached, her hull painted in Soviet colors and a red ensign rippling above the deck. To those watching from the shore, it was just another merchant vessel passing through. Without warning, the first shell crashed across the water, then another. Within moments, explosions ripped into the shoreline. Fire tore through the loading facilities, twisting metal and shattering conveyor belts. Merchant crews ran for cover, alarms ringing too late to stop what was coming. From the bridge, Kapitän zur See Robert Eyssen, from the Kriegsmarine, watched as his deception unraveled. The red flag above them meant nothing now. This wasn’t a Soviet vessel. She was Komet, the only German warship ever to reach the Pacific. And she did so through waters the Allies never thought to guard…