Battle of the North Cape

Когда

26 дек. 1943 г.

Вид

Сражение

Координаты

72.52° N, 28.25° E

Description

1943 arctic naval battle of World War II

Naval

да

War

World War II

1943 naval battle during the Arctic campaign of WWII

The Battle of the North Cape was a Second World War naval battle on 26 December 1943, part of the Arctic campaign. The German battleship Scharnhorst sailed to implement Operation Ostfront, an attack on Arctic convoys carrying supplies from the western Allies to the Soviet Union. Scharnhorst was brought to battle and sunk by the battleship HMS Duke of York and its cruisers and destroyers.

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• World War II1 сент. 1939 г. · Мировая война · Погибшие 75 000 000