Complex sentence: In the first three weeks of August the transmitter had passed from Nauen to German colonies and German shipping and its defence thus had wider operational effects but Von Döring made no attempt at a protracted resistance.
Split into simpler sentences: In the first three weeks of August, the transmitter had passed from Nauen to German colonies and German shipping. Defence of the transmitter had wider operational effects but Von Döring made no attempt at a protracted resistance.