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Operation Regenbogen (Arctic)

  • Operation Rainbow
  • (Unternehmen Regenbogen)
Operational scopeNaval operation
Planned byKriegsmarine
ObjectiveDestruction of Convoy JW 51B
DateBegan 30 December 1942 (1942-12-30)
Executed byGroup Command North

Operation Rainbow (Unternehmen Regenbogen) was a 1942 sortie into the Arctic Ocean by warships of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during the Second World War. The operation culminated in the Battle of the Barents Sea.


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