The HMS Flirt was sunk in this body of water, which was also the site of Lord Mountbatten's   failed Dieppe Raid.
The HMS Flirt was sunk in this body of water, which was also the site of Lord Mountbatten's   failed Dieppe Raid. Crossing this body of water was the goal of the Duke of Medina Sidonia,  who instead lost at Gravelines. Operation (*) Sealion, which was thwarted by the Royal Air Force,  was a Nazi attempt to cross it. Calais, France lies across from Dover at the narrowest point of, for  10 points, what waterway that defends Great Britain from the armies of continental Europe?
The HMS Flirt was sunk in this body of water, which was also the site of Lord Mountbatten's   failed Dieppe Raid.
English Channel (accept Strait of Dover or Dover Strait before "Dieppe," but it’s wrong  after; prompt on “Channel”)