Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- 7. Sept. 1943
- Art
- Militäroperation
- Koordinaten
- 78.00° N, 16.00° E
- Description
- 1943 Norwegian and British operation during the Second World War
Operation Gearbox II
Operation Gearbox II was a Norwegian and British operation during the Second World War on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago. Operation Fritham, the first attempt to establish a base had been defeated when the two ships carrying the force were sunk by Luftwaffe bombers on 14 May.
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