Operation Zitronella, also known as Unternehmen Sizilien (Operation Sicily), was an eight-hour German raid on Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard Archipelago...

accommodating the largest German warships. Scharnhorst participated in Operation Zitronella against Spitzbergen on 8 September 1943 and was sunk at the Battle...

USS Tuscaloosa and five destroyers delivered more Norwegian troops. In Operation Zitronella (6–9 September 1943) Barentsburg was bombarded by a German naval...

December and remained there until November 1943, participating in Operation Zitronella in September. Plagued by engine problems, the ship was under repair...

Spitsbergen (a part of Svalbard) and denying their use to Nazi Germany. Operation Zitronella (Citronella) was an eight-hour German raid on Spitzbergen on 8 September...

1943, a German flotilla, including Tirpitz, raided Spitsbergen in Operation Zitronella on 7 September, took 31 prisoners and destroyed much of the infrastructure...

6 September known as Operation Zitronella; the ships were tasked with bombarding the island of Spitzbergen. During the operation, Scharnhorst destroyed...

Lackenbauer [2017] unless indicated. Operation Fritham Operation Gearbox Operation Gearbox II Operation Zitronella Operation Haudegen Schofield & Nesbit 2005...

31 March 1942 to 13 October 1943) with which he participated in Operation Zitronella. In October 1943, he was promoted rear admiral and was appointed...

reported no traffic and heavy ice. On 6 September the Germans launched Operation Zitronella: a raid by the German surface fleet on Svalbard but Lützow was left...

force, the German unit at Banso was evacuated. In September 1943 in Operation Zitronella a German task force, which included the battleship Tirpitz, was sent...

destroyers bombarded Spitsbergen as Operation Zitronella. 23 September 1943: Tirpitz was immobilized in Kåfjord by Operation Source. 4 October 1943: USS Ranger...

Musketoon (1942) Operation Fritham (1942–1943) Operation Cartoon (1943) Operation Zitronella (1943) Battle of the Atlantic (1940–1945) Battle of the North Cape...

the Luftwaffe placed a meteorological team there under cover of Operation Zitronella. Due to their remote location, the German soldiers on Hopen were...

Operation Rentier ('Reindeer') was a German operation during World War II intended to secure the nickel mines around Petsamo in Finland, against a Soviet...

Operation Haudegen (Unternehmen Haudegen [Operation Broadsword]) was the name of a German operation during the Second World War to establish meteorological...

Operation Caesar (Unternehmen Kaiser) was a secret mission carried out by Germany in the Second World War to supply Japan with advanced technology. The...

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...

escort flotilla shelled and destroyed the Allied weather station in Operation Zitronella. On 6 September, a squadron consisting of Tirpitz, the battleship...

Operation Silver Fox (German: Silberfuchs; Finnish: Hopeakettu) from 29 June to 17 November 1941, was a joint German–Finnish military operation during...

return until April 1943. Hans Lody participated in the German attack (Operation Zitronella) on the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen, well north of the Arctic...

until December. Z20 Karl Galster participated in the German attack (Operation Zitronella) on the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen, well north of the Arctic...

hinder German operation while making resuming of operation easy. On 8 September 1943 the German Wehrmacht carried out Operation Zitronella, whereby all...

German anti-partisan operation in Bryansk, USSR Operation Zitadelle 1943 - German offensive at Kursk, USSR Operation Zitronella 1943 - German raid against...

Operation Arctic Fox (German: Unternehmen Polarfuchs; Finnish: operaatio Napakettu; Russian: Кандалакшская операция)[a] was the codename given to a World...

Operation Benedict (29 July – 6 December 1941) was the establishment of Force Benedict with units of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS, Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily)...

In Operation Doomsday, the British 1st Airborne Division acted as a police and military force during the Allied occupation of Norway in May 1945, immediately...

Germans, presumably underestimating the Allied forces' size, initiated Operation Zitronella. Along with nine destroyers, the battleships Tirpitz, the Scharnhorst...

The unsuccessful Operation Freshman was mounted the following month by British paratroopers, who were to rendezvous with the Operation Grouse Norwegians...

Exercise") (1940) – German invasion of Bergen, Kristiansand and Oslo. Zitronella ("Lemon flavour") (1943) – German raid against a Norwegian/British station...