Operation Safari

Operation Safari
Part of the Occupation of Denmark
Danish officers being detained on 29 August 1943
Date 29 August 1943 (1943-08-29) Location Denmark Result German victory Most Royal Danish Navy ships scuttled
Belligerents
Germany	Denmark
Commanders and leaders
Hermann von Hanneken Hans-Heinrich Wurmbach	Aage H. Vedel 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]