What the records say
- When
- 8 Sep 1943
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 78.90° N, 18.02° E
- Description
- 1943 military operation
Operation Zitronella
1943 German raid on Svalbard during WW2
Operation Zitronella, also known as Unternehmen Sizilien, was an eight-hour German raid on Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard Archipelago, on 8 September 1943. The battleships Tirpitz and Scharnhorst, plus nine destroyers, sailed to the archipelago, bombarded Allied-occupied settlements in Isfjorden and covered a landing party.
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