Operation Mascot
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Operation Mascot was a World War II British Royal Navy air raid launched in 1944 in an unsuccessful attempt to sink the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II operation
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| aimedAt | anchored Tirpitz in Norwegian fjord ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerentRole | Allied offensive operation ⓘ |
| conductedBy | British Home Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryTargeted | Norway under German occupation ⓘ |
| date | 17 July 1944 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Operation Goodwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Kåfjord
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| natureOfOperation | carrier air strike ⓘ |
| notableTargetShip | Tirpitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective |
to neutralize Tirpitz as a threat to Arctic convoys
ⓘ
to sink Tirpitz ⓘ |
| operator |
Fleet Air Arm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ |
| opponent | Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
German anti-aircraft defences
ⓘ
smoke screens protecting Tirpitz ⓘ |
| partOf | Allied efforts against Tirpitz ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Royal Navy attacks on Tirpitz ⓘ |
| reasonForFailure | ineffective bombing through smoke and defences ⓘ |
| result | failure ⓘ |
| statusOfTirpitzAfterOperation | undamaged ⓘ |
| strategicContext | protection of Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| target | German battleship Tirpitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatre | Arctic naval operations of World War II ⓘ |
| used |
aircraft carriers
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bombs ⓘ carrier-borne aircraft ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| year | 1944 ⓘ |
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