What the records say
- When
- 18 May 1941 – 27 May 1941
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 48.17° N, 16.20° W
- Description
- 1941 battle
Operation Rheinübung
German naval operation during WWII
Operation Rheinübung was the sortie into the Atlantic by the new German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen on 18–27 May 1941, during World War II. This operation aimed to disrupt Allied shipping to the United Kingdom as the previously successful Operation Berlin had done.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Rahmen des Unternehmens Rheinübung, mit dem Admiral Erich Raeder versucht, zwei deutsche Schiffe in den Atlantik zu entsenden, werden das Schlachtschiff…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page