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Operation Safari

Operation Safari
Part of the Occupation of Denmark

Danish officers being detained on 29 August 1943
Date29 August 1943 (1943-08-29)
Location
Denmark
Result

German victory

Belligerents
 Germany  Denmark
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Hermann von Hanneken
Nazi Germany Hans-Heinrich Wurmbach		 Denmark Aage H. Vedel
Denmark Ebbe Gørtz
Strength
9,000 soldiers
1 mine warfare ship
2 torpedo boats		 2,200 soldiers[1]
1,100 auxiliary troops
4,300 sailors
2 coastal defence ships
10 torpedo boats
7 minelayers
18 minesweepers
2 floating workshops
12 submarines
4 large patrol ships
2 survey ships
2 station vessels
1 royal yacht
59 patrol cutters
1 transport ship
Casualties and losses
1–11 killed[1][2]
8–59 wounded[1][3][4]
At least 1 aircraft damaged		 23–26 killed
40–50 wounded[5]
Other losses:
  • 1 coastal defence ship grounded
  • 1 coastal defence ship scuttled
  • 4 torpedo boats scuttled
  • 1 torpedo boat blown up
  • 4 torpedo boats captured
  • 7 minelayers scuttled
  • 6 minesweepers scuttled
  • 9 minesweepers captured
  • 1 floating workshop torched
  • 9 submarines scuttled
  • 3 submarines captured
  • 1 large patrol ship scuttled
  • 3 large patrol ships captured
  • 1 survey ship captured
  • 2 station vessels captured
  • 50 patrol cutters captured
  • 1 transport ship captured

Operation Safari (German: Unternehmen Safari) was a German military operation during World War II aimed at disarming the Danish military. It led to the scuttling of the Royal Danish Navy and the internment of all Danish soldiers. Danish forces suffered 23–26 dead, around 40–50 injured, and 4,600 captured.[1][6] Of the roughly 9,000 Germans involved, one was killed and eight wounded, although the number may have been 11 killed and 59 wounded.[4][1][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e Hillingsøe 2003b.
  2. ^ Nørby 2013b.
  3. ^ a b Otzen 2015.
  4. ^ a b Nørby 2013a.
  5. ^ Thomas 2014, p. 6.
  6. ^ Christensen n.d.

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إغراق الأسطول الدنماركي في كوبنهاغن Arabic Operation Safari Danish Selbstversenkung der dänischen Flotte German Επιχείρηση Σαφάρι Greek Sabordage de la flotte danoise à Copenhague French מבצע ספארי HE サファリ作戦 Japanese Tot zinken brengen van de Deense vloot Dutch Operacja Safari Polish Операция «Сафари» Russian

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