Battle of the Barents Sea
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The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement on 31 December 1942 between warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. The action took place in the Barents Sea north of North Cape, Norway. The German raiders' failure to inflict significant losses on the convoy infuriated Hitler, who ordered that German naval strategy would henceforth concentrate on the U-boat fleet rather than surface ships.
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Part of World War II | |||||||
Battle of the Barents Sea, Erwin J. Kappes (sinking of the Friedrich Eckholdt) | |||||||
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United Kingdom | Nazi Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Oskar Kummetz | |||||||
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2 light cruisers 6 destroyers 2 corvettes 1 minesweeper 2 trawlers |
2 heavy cruisers 6 destroyers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
250 killed 1 destroyer sunk 1 minesweeper sunk 1 destroyer damaged |
330 killed 1 destroyer sunk 1 heavy cruiser damaged |
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