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    Operation Wonderland (Unternehmen Wunderland) was an operation from 16 to 30 August 1942 by the Kriegsmarine in the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea off the...
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    toward Novaya Zemlya. In August 1942, the German Navy commenced Operation Wunderland, to enter the Kara Sea and sink as many Soviet ships as possible...
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    on Allied convoys to the Soviet Union. Admiral Scheer conducted Operation Wunderland in August 1942, a sortie into the Kara Sea to attack Soviet merchant...
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    She was part of the abortive attack on Convoy PQ 17 and conducted Operation Wunderland, a sortie into the Kara Sea. After returning to Germany at the end...
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    The Miniatur Wunderland (German for: "Miniature Wonderland") is, according to Guinness World Records, the largest model railway system in the world. It...
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    the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer in August 1942 during Operation Wunderland. Dikson Island was one of the transfer destinations for 1949 March...
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  • Operation Wonderland may refer to: Operation Wunderland, the German World War 2 naval operation in the Arctic Operation Wonderland, the military operation...
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    Germans now considered Operation Husar, (a repeat of Operation Wunderland) a sortie into the Kara Sea by Lützow. This operation relied heavily on air reconnaissance...
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    Kara Sea U-boat campaign (category Arctic naval operations of World War II)
    German submarine operation in the Arctic waters of the Kara Sea during the Second World War. The plan was to repeat Operation Wunderland (16–30 August 1942)...
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  • 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). "Operation Wunderland, August 1942". www.allworldwars.com. Retrieved August 28, 2018. Каким...
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    the Soviet Far East to European Russia, and the Germans launched Operation Wunderland to interdict this traffic. A convoy of seven brand-new merchant vessels...
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    Arctic convoys of World War II (category Arctic naval operations of World War II)
    Siberia used by Allied forces Operation Wunderland List of merchant ships lost in Convoy PQ 17 Arctic Ocean operations of World War II Arctic Star Don't...
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    infantry troops in place of a bombload. In preparation of a repeat of Operation Wunderland in 1943, the U-boat U-255 was sent to the East coast of Novaja Zemlya...
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    off the Kostin Strait. 16 August 1942: Scheer left Narvik for the Operation Wunderland two-week patrol of the Kara Sea. 25 August 1942: HMS Marne, HMS Martin...
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    many Russian vessels as possible. This naval campaign was named "Operation Wunderland". Its success was limited by the presence of ice floes, as well as...
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    Operation Weserübung (German: Unternehmen Weserübung [ˈveːzɐˌʔyːbʊŋ], transl. Operation Weser Exercise, 9 April – 10 June 1940) was the invasion of Denmark...
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    Operation Wilfred was a British naval operation during the Second World War that involved the mining of the channels between Norway and its offshore islands...
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  • Capitan from the ill-fated Convoy PQ 17. Timm also took part in "Operation Wunderland" in the Kara Sea, surfacing close to Uyedineniya Island and destroying...
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    2/3 of the convoy's ships. In August 1942 Admiral Scheer conducted Operation Wunderland, a solo raid into northern Russia's Kara Sea. She bombarded Dikson...
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  • (1940) – foray by German destroyers into the North Sea Wunderland (1942) – German anti-shipping operation in Kara Sea by Admiral Scheer Zarin (1942) – German...
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    making it vulnerable to German air and submarine attacks. During Operation Wunderland, on 20 August 1942, the German submarine U-456 (Lt. Captain Teichert)...
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    invasion convoy 11–15 August Operation Pedestal – 13 ships sunk from convoy to Malta 16–30 August Operation Wunderland – German fleet successfully raids...
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  • of Croatia Operation Wunderland II 1943 - German planned naval operation involving cruiser Admiral Scheer in the East Siberian Sea Operation Yarmouth 1943...
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    dive-bombers and on 16 August, Admiral Scheer conducted Operation Wunderland (Unternehmen Wunderland), a sortie against Russian ships thought to be sailing...
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    dive-bombers and on 16 August, Admiral Scheer conducted Operation Wunderland (Unternehmen Wunderland), a sortie against Russian ships thought to be sailing...
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  • (1944) — RSHA operation to monitor radio traffic from isolated German troops Wolf (1942/43) — sabotage operations behind Soviet lines Wunderland ("Wonderland")...
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    Zhelaniya in World War II which was shelled by the Kriegsmarine during Operation Wunderland. It became a secret experimental station during the Cold War while...
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    Mona Islands in the Kara Sea by a Kriegsmarine Arado Ar 196 during Operation Wunderland. The heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer rushed to find her, but bad weather...
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    targets. This was one of the last actions of the Kriegsmarine under Operation Wunderland. Since May 1993, Uyedineniya has been a part of the Great Arctic...
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  • during World War II when it was attacked by German forces as part of Operation Wunderland. The local population only just had time to arm themselves as German...
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