Action off Lofoten
The action off Lofoten was a naval battle fought between the German Kriegsmarine and the British Royal Navy off the southern coast of the Lofoten Islands, Norway during World War II. A German squadron under Vizeadmiral Günther Lütjens consisting of the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau met and engaged a British squadron under Admiral Sir William Whitworth consisting of the battlecruiser HMS Renown and nine destroyers. After a short engagement, Gneisenau suffered moderate damage and the Germans withdrew.
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Action off Lofoten
The action off Lofoten was a naval battle fought between the German Kriegsmarine and the British Royal Navy off the southern coast of the Lofoten Islands, Norway during World War II. A German squadron under Vizeadmiral Günther Lütjens consisting of the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau met and engaged a British squadron under Admiral Sir William Whitworth consisting of the battlecruiser HMS Renown and nine destroyers. After a short engagement, Gneisenau suffered moderate damage and the Germans withdrew.
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La bataille des Lofoten est un ...... s dégâts modérés et se retire.
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The action off Lofoten was a n ...... mage and the Germans withdrew.
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Бій біля Лофотенських островів ...... ораблям відступити з поля бою.
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2 battleships damaged
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Kriegsmarine
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1940-04-09
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British tactical victory
German strategic victory
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1battlecruiser
2battleships
9destroyers
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The capital ships that fought during the action off Lofoten: , , and .
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Kriegsmarine
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Royal Navy
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Günther Lütjens
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Sir William Whitworth
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Action off Lofoten
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1940-04-09
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the Norwegian Campaign, World War II
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off the coast of Lofoten, Norway
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British tactical victory
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German strategic victory
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La bataille des Lofoten est un ...... s dégâts modérés et se retire.
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The action off Lofoten was a n ...... mage and the Germans withdrew.
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Бій біля Лофотенських островів ...... ораблям відступити з поля бою.
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Action off Lofoten
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Bataille des Lofoten
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Бій біля Лофотенських островів
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Action off Lofoten
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