Action off Lofoten
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action-off-lofoten-174-8363918
title:
Action off Lofoten
text:
The action off Lofoten was a naval battle fought between the German Kriegsmarine and the British Royal Navy off the southern coast of the Lofoten Islands, Norway during the Second World War. A German squadron under Vizeadmiral Günther Lütjens consisting of the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau met and engaged a British squadron under Admiral Sir William Whitworth consisting of the battlecruiser HMS Renown and nine destroyers. After a short engagement, Gneisenau suffered moderate damage and t
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Naval battle fought during the Second World War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_off_Lofoten
date created:
2011-04-09T23:30:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T18:15:27Z
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13
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