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Date | Operation Code Name | Observations |
18-20 Feb 1940 | Operation Nordmark | North Sea sortie by the battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. |
22 Feb 1940 | Operation Wikinger | Destroyer operation in the North Sea resulting in the loss of Z1 Leberecht Maas and Z3 Max Schulz. |
06 Apr 1940 | Operation Weserübung | Invasion of Norway. |
04 Jun 1940 | Operation Juno | North Sea sortie by the battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and several escorting destroyers. |
Sep 1940 | Operation Seelöwe | Planned invasion of Great Britain. |
30 Nov 1940 | Operation Hipper | North Atlantic sortie by the cruiser Hipper. |
23 Jan - 22 Mar 1941 | Operation Berlin | Operation in the north Atlantic against merchant shipping carried out by the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. |
18 May - 01 Jun 1941 | Operation Rheinübung | Operation in the north Atlantic against merchant shipping carried out by the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. |
10-14 Jun 1941 | Operation Sommerreise | Failed operation intended to transfer the heavy cruiser Lützow from Germany to Trondheim, Norway. |
Sept 1941 | Operation Südwind | Operation in the |
14-16 Jan 1942 | Operation Polarnacht | Transfer of the battleship Tirpitz and 4 escorting destroyers from Wilhelmshaven to Trondheim. |
11-13 Feb 1942 | Operation Cerberus | Transfer of the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen from Brest to Germany via the English Channel. |
21-23 Feb 1942 | Operation Sportpalast | Transfer of the heavy cruisers Admiral Scheer, Prinz Eugen, and escorting destroyers from Germany to Trondheim. |
06-09 Mar 1942 | Operation Nordmeer | Operation against convoys QP8 and PQ12 by the battleship Tirpitz. |
19-20 Mar 1942 | Operation Eisenbahn | Transfer of the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper from Germany to Trondheim. |
09 May 1942 | Operation Birke | Transfer of the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and supply ship Dithmarschen from Trondheim to Narvik. |
16-18 May 1942 | Operation Waltzertraum | Transfer of the heavy cruiser Lützow from Germany to Norway. |
17-18 May 1942 | Operation Zauberflöte | Transfer of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen from Trondheim to Germany. |
25 May 1942 | Operation Lohengrin | Transfer of the heavy cruiser Lützow from Trondheim to Narvik. |
02-05 Jul 1942 | Operation Rösselsprung | Operation against convoy PQ 17 in the Arctic. |
10-12 Aug 1942 | Operation Eiche | Transfer of the heavy cruiser Lützow from Trondheim to the Baltic. |
16-30 Aug 1942 | Operation Wunderland | Operation against enemy convoy routes in the Kara Sea carried out by the Admiral Scheer. |
24 Sep 1942 | Operation Zarin | Minelaying operation by the Admiral Hipper and destroyers of the 8th Flotilla northwest of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. |
05-09 Nov 1942 | Operation Hoffnung | Operation by the Admiral Hipper in the Arctic. |
08-12 Dec 1942 | Operation Prometheus | Transfer of the heavy cruiser Lützow and three destroyers from Germany to Norway. |
30 Dec 1942 | Operation Regenbögen | Operation against convoy JW51B carried out by Admiral Hipper, Lützow, and escorting destroyers. |
09 Jan 1943 | Operation Fronttheater | Failed operation intended to transfer the battleship Scharnhorst, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, and three destroyers from Gotenhafen to Norway. |
23 Jan 1943 | Operation Domino | Failed Operation intended to transfer the battleship Scharnhorst, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, and destroyers from Gotenhafen to Norway. |
06-09 Mar 1943 | Operation Paderborn | Transfer of the battleship Scharnhorst with destroyers and torpedo boats from Germany to Narvik, Norway. |
23-24 Mar 1943 | Operation Silesia | Transfer of Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, Lützow and six destroyers from Bogen Bay to Altafjord. |
06 Sep 1943 | Operation Sizilien | Operation against allied installations in the island of Spitzbergen carried out by the battleships Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and several destroyers. |
23-30 Sep 1943 | Operation Hansa-Hermelin | Transfer of the heavy cruiser Lützow and destroyers from Altafjord to Germany. |
25-26 Dec 1943 | Operation Ostfront | Operation carried out by the battleship Scharnhorst and five destroyers of the 4th Flotilla intended to intercept convoy JW55B in the Arctic. |
21-24 Nov 1944 | Operation Hammer | Shore bombardment operation against Soviet positions off Sworbe carried out by the Admiral Scheer. |
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