Operation Catechism

When

12 Nov 1944

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

69.65° N, 18.81° E

Description

1944 British air raid of World War II

British air raid of World War II

Operation Catechism was the British air raid of World War II that destroyed the German battleship Tirpitz. It was conducted on 12 November 1944 by 29 heavy bombers from the Royal Air Force, which attacked the battleship at its anchorage near the Norwegian city of Tromsø.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “L' Opération Catechism est un raid aérien de la Royal Air Force qui détruit le cuirassé Tirpitz de la Kriegsmarine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page