Operation Rösselsprung (1942)

This article is about the plan by the German Kriegsmarine to intercept an Arctic convoy in mid–1942. For the German operation to capture or kill the Yugoslav Partisan leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito, see Operation Rösselsprung (1944).

Unternehmen Rösselsprung (1942)
Part of Arctic naval operations of World War II
Map of the Norwegian Sea
TypeNaval operation
Location
The Norwegian Sea

Unternehmen Rösselsprung (Operation Knight's Move) was a plan by the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) to intercept an Arctic convoy in mid-1942. It was the largest operation of its type mounted by the Kriegsmarine and resulted in the near-destruction of Convoy PQ 17. The success of the operation was indirect in that none of the ships in the operation engaged the convoy, its losses being inflicted by U-boats and aircraft. Despite not making contact with the convoy some of the ships of Unternehmen Rösselsprung were damaged and the heavy cruiser Lützow, ran aground in thick fog, needing three months of repairs.

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