What the records say
- When
- 9 Feb 1941
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 44.41° N, 8.93° E
- Description
- British Second World War operation
Operation Grog
British operation during World War II
Operation Grog was the code name for the British naval and air bombardment of Genoa and La Spezia on 9 February 1941, by Force H of the Royal Navy, consisting of the battleship HMS Malaya, the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, the battlecruiser HMS Renown and the light cruiser HMS Sheffield screened by ten fleet destroyers including HMS Fearless, Foxhound, Foresight, Fury, Firedrake and Jersey.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bombardement de Gênes par la force H britannique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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