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.

Aliases (1)

Gneisenau commerce-raiding cruise ×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	Admiral Günther Lütjens →
conflict	World War II →
country	Germany →
endTime	March 1941 →
hasPart	Gneisenau commerce-raiding cruise → Scharnhorst commerce-raiding cruise →
location	Central Atlantic Ocean → North Atlantic Ocean →
navalForce	Kriegsmarine →
notableShip	Gneisenau → 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	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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) ("Gneisenau commerce-raiding cruise") → World War II →	hasPart