Battle of the Barents Sea

When

31 Dec 1942

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

73.25° N, 29.00° E

Description

1942 battle between warships of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine and British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR

Naval

yes

War

World War II

World War II naval battle

The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement on 31 December 1942 between warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships escorting Convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. The action took place in the Barents Sea north of North Cape, Norway.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire britannique à la bataille de la mer de Barents”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бой в Баренцевом море между британскими кораблями, входившими в состав боевого охранения арктического конвоя JW-51B и немецкими рейдерами”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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