Operation Wilfred
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Operation Wilfred was a British World War II naval operation in April 1940 aimed at mining Norwegian coastal waters to disrupt German access to Swedish iron ore, helping trigger the subsequent German invasion of Norway and battles such as Narvik.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British military operation
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World War II military operation → naval operation → |
| affected |
Norwegian neutrality
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| alsoKnownAs |
Wilfred
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| belligerent |
United Kingdom
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| codename |
Operation Wilfred
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| conflict |
World War II
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| country |
United Kingdom
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| endDate |
1940-04-08
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| executedBy |
Royal Navy
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| followedBy |
German invasion of Norway on 1940-04-09
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Naval battles off Narvik → |
| geopoliticalContext |
Allied efforts to weaken German war industry supply lines
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| historicalPeriod |
Second World War
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| influenced |
German decision to launch Operation Weserübung
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| legalStatus |
violation of Norwegian territorial waters
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| location |
Norwegian Sea
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Norwegian coastal waters → waters off Norway → |
| materialConcerned |
Swedish iron ore
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| militaryBranch |
Royal Navy
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| objective |
to disrupt German access to Swedish iron ore
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to interfere with German maritime trade routes → to mine Norwegian coastal waters → to provoke a German reaction in Norway → |
| opponent |
Nazi Germany
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| partOf |
Norwegian campaign
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| plannedBy |
British Admiralty
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Royal Navy → |
| precededBy |
Allied planning for intervention in Norway
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| reason |
to cut off Swedish iron ore shipments to Germany via Narvik
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| relatedTo |
Battles of Narvik
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Norwegian campaign → Operation Weserübung → |
| result |
German invasion of Norway
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German naval response in Norwegian waters → escalation of the Norwegian campaign → |
| routeTargeted |
Narvik–Germany iron ore route
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| startDate |
1940-04-08
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| status |
completed
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| temporalLocation |
April 1940
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| theatre |
European theatre of World War II
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| typeOfAction |
offensive mine-laying operation
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Operation Wilfred
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codename |
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Battle of Narvik
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operation |