Operation Zitronella, also known as Unternehmen Sizilien (Operation Sicily), was an eight-hour German raid on Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard Archipelago...
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Channel Dash (redirect from Operation Cerberus)
accommodating the largest German warships. Scharnhorst participated in Operation Zitronella against Spitzbergen on 8 September 1943 and was sunk at the Battle...
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December and remained there until November 1943, participating in Operation Zitronella in September. Plagued by engine problems, the ship was under repair...
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USS Tuscaloosa and five destroyers delivered more Norwegian troops. In Operation Zitronella (6–9 September 1943) Barentsburg was bombarded by a German naval...
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Lackenbauer [2017] unless indicated. Operation Fritham Operation Gearbox Operation Gearbox II Operation Zitronella Operation Haudegen Schofield & Nesbit 2005...
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6 September known as Operation Zitronella; the ships were tasked with bombarding the island of Spitzbergen. During the operation, Scharnhorst destroyed...
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reported no traffic and heavy ice. On 6 September the Germans launched Operation Zitronella: a raid by the German surface fleet on Svalbard but Lützow was left...
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Cold-weather warfare (redirect from Winter operations)
Spitsbergen (a part of Svalbard) and denying their use to Nazi Germany. Operation Zitronella (Citronella) was an eight-hour German raid on Spitzbergen on 8 September...
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1943, a German flotilla, including Tirpitz, raided Spitsbergen in Operation Zitronella on 7 September, took 31 prisoners and destroyed much of the infrastructure...
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force, the German unit at Banso was evacuated. In September 1943 in Operation Zitronella a German task force, which included the battleship Tirpitz, was sent...
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