Operation Juno
Operation Juno was a German sortie into the North Sea during the Norwegian Campaign. The most notable engagement of the operation was the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sinking the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and its two escorting destroyers. Several Allied vessels were sunk in other engagements.
| Operation Juno | |||||||
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| Part of Norwegian Campaign of World War II | |||||||
Hans Lody rescuing survivors from the troop transport Orama | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Germany | United Kingdom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Wilhelm Marschall | Guy D'Oyly-Hughes † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2 battleships 1 heavy cruiser 4 destroyers |
1 aircraft carrier 2 destroyers 1 minesweeper 1 troopship 1 oil tanker 1 hospital ship | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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50 killed 1 battleship damaged |
1,612 killed 1 aircraft carrier sunk 2 destroyers sunk 1 minesweeper sunk 1 troopship sunk 1 oil tanker sunk | ||||||
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