What the records say
- When
- 1942
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 69.00° N, 2.00° E
- Description
- 1942 Atempt by German Navy to intercept convoy from UK to Soviet Union
Operation Rösselsprung (1942)
Attempt by German Navy to intercept convoy from UK to Soviet Union
Unternehmen Rösselsprung was a plan for an attack on Convoy PQ 17, the next Arctic Convoy to the northern Soviet Union. The big ships of the Kriegsmarine were to join the combined arms operations of Luftflotte 5 and the U-bootwaffe. It was to be the largest surface ship operation by the Kriegsmarine thus far.
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