Operation Berlin (Atlantic)

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World War II military operation naval operation

Operation Berlin (Atlantic) 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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gneisenau commerce-raiding cruise	1
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) canonical	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military operation ⓘ naval operation ⓘ
aimedAt	weakening British maritime supply lines ⓘ
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ
codename	Berlin ⓘ
commandedBy	Günther Lütjens ⓘ surface form: Admiral Günther Lütjens
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
endTime	March 1941 ⓘ
hasPart	Operation Berlin (Atlantic) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gneisenau commerce-raiding cruise Scharnhorst commerce-raiding cruise ⓘ
location	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: Central Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
navalForce	Kriegsmarine ⓘ
notableShip	German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ surface form: Gneisenau German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ surface form: Scharnhorst
objective	commerce raiding ⓘ disruption of Allied Atlantic shipping ⓘ
opponent	Allied shipping ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
participant	German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
partOf	Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
relatedConflict	German commerce raiding in the Atlantic ⓘ
result	German tactical success ⓘ sinking of multiple Allied merchant ships ⓘ
shipClassInvolved	German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ surface form: Scharnhorst-class battleship
startTime	January 1941 ⓘ
strategy	surface raider operations ⓘ
tactic	attack on isolated convoys ⓘ avoidance of major Allied warships ⓘ
theater	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1941 ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	naval warfare ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Operation Berlin (Atlantic) ⓘ

Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → hasPart → Operation Berlin (Atlantic) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gneisenau commerce-raiding cruise