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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Operation Silver Fox (German: Silberfuchs; Finnish: Hopeakettu) or Murmansk operation (Russian: Мурманская операция) from 29 June to 17 November 1941...

Operation Catechism was a British air raid of World War II that destroyed the German battleship Tirpitz. It was conducted on 12 November 1944 by 29 Royal...

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

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...

between Norway and Germany and participated in the German attack (Operation Zitronella) on the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen, well north of the Arctic...

Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago previously known as Spitzbergen. Operation Zitronella, a German naval raid on 8 September 1943, resulted in the deployment...

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

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

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

of the battleships Tirpitz and Scharnhorst and nine destroyers on Operation Zitronella, a raid on Allied-controlled Spitzbergen. Z31 was hit eight times...

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

Juel) Niels Juel' is sunk while attempting to flee to Sweden 8 Sep Operation Zitronella Germans under Hüffmeier (Tirpitz and Scharnhorst) Free Norway under...

Operation Northern Light (German: Unternehmen Nordlicht) was a German operation in October 1944, towards the end of the Second World War. After Finland...

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...