Battle of the North Cape

Name: Battle of the North Cape
Start: 1943-12-26

26 Dec 1943 · 72.52° N, 28.25° E

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When: 26 Dec 1943
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 72.52° N, 28.25° E
Description: 1943 arctic naval battle of World War II
Naval: yes
War: World War II

Battle of the North Cape

1943 naval battle during the Arctic campaign of WWII

The Battle of the North Cape was a Second World War naval battle on 26 December 1943, part of the Arctic campaign. The German battleship Scharnhorst sailed to implement Operation Ostfront, an attack on Arctic convoys carrying supplies from the western Allies to the Soviet Union. Scharnhorst was brought to battle and sunk by the battleship HMS Duke of York and its cruisers and destroyers.

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