What the records say
- When
- 13 Feb 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.98° N, 1.74° E
- Description
- 1942 German naval operation during the Second World War
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
Channel Dash
German naval operation during the Second World War
The Channel Dash was a German naval operation during the Second World War. A Kriegsmarine squadron, comprising the two Scharnhorst-class battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and their escorts was evacuated from Brest in Brittany to German ports. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had arrived in Brest on 22 March 1941 after the success of Operation Berlin in the Atlantic.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Operation Cerberus: A Kriegsmarine (German navy) squadron comprising the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and their escort, dash from…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Cerberus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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