Operation Ostfront

Unternehmen Ostfront
Operational scopeNaval sortie by Scharnhorst and destroyer flotilla
Planned byKriegsmarine
ObjectiveDestruction of the Arctic Convoy JW 55B
DateBegan 25 December 1943 (1943-12-25)
Executed byNaval Group North

Operation Ostfront (Unternehmen Ostfront, Eastern Front) was a sortie into the Arctic Ocean by the German battleship Scharnhorst during the Second World War. The operation culminated in the sinking of Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape.

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