Operation Tungsten

When

3 Apr 1944

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

69.94° N, 23.05° E

Description

1944 Second World War Royal Navy air raid

Second World War Royal Navy air raid

Operation Tungsten was a Second World War air raid by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy against the German battleship Tirpitz. The operation sought to damage or destroy Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjord in the far north of Norway before she could become fully operational again following a period of repairs.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The German battleship German battleship Tirpitz was bombed and damaged by British carrier-borne aircraft at Kåfjorden in Alta Municipality”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Tungsten, attaque britannique contre le cuirassé allemand Tirpitz en Norvège”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Операция "Тангстен"”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page