Operation Berlin

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German naval operation World War II naval operation

Operation Berlin was a World War II German naval operation in early 1941 in which the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau conducted a commerce-raiding sortie against Allied shipping in the Atlantic.

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German naval operation → World War II naval operation →
aimedAt	Atlantic convoy routes →
belligerent	Kriegsmarine →
codenameLanguage	German →
commander	Admiral Günther Lütjens → Erich Bey →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
endTime	1941-03 →
era	20th century →
followedBy	Operation Rheinübung →
hasPart	German battleship Gneisenau → German battleship Scharnhorst →
historicalPeriod	Second World War →
location	Bay of Biscay → Central Atlantic Ocean → North Atlantic Ocean →
method	surface raider tactics →
notableFor	use of fast battleships as commerce raiders →
objective	commerce raiding → disruption of Allied Atlantic shipping →
opponent	Allied merchant shipping → United Kingdom →
partOf	Battle of the Atlantic →
partOfMilitaryBranch	German Navy →
precededBy	Operation Nordseetour →
result	German tactical success → significant Allied merchant shipping losses →
shipInvolved	Gneisenau → Scharnhorst →
side	Axis powers →
startTime	1941-01 →
strategy	avoid engagement with strong enemy naval forces →
theater	Atlantic Ocean →
timePeriod	early 1941 →
typeOfWarfare	commerce warfare → naval warfare →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
World War II →	hasPart
Kriegsmarine →	notableOperation
German battleship Gneisenau →	operationParticipated
Operation Rheinübung →	precededBy
German battleship Scharnhorst →	tookPartIn