Battle

Operation Wikinger

19 Feb 1940 · 54.72° N, 2.77° E

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When
19 Feb 1940
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
54.72° N, 2.77° E
Description
1940 German naval operation during WWII
Naval
yes
War
World War II

Operation Wikinger

German naval operation during WWII

Operation Viking was a German naval sortie into the North Sea by six destroyers of the Kriegsmarine on 22 February 1940 during the Second World War. Poor inter-service communication and co-operation between the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe resulted in the loss of two German warships through friendly fire bombing and German or British mines. Only sixty survivors were rescued and the operation was called off.

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