Operation EF (1941)
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Operation EF (1941)
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Operation EF (1941), also the Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo took place on 30 July 1941, during the Second World War. After the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, Fleet Air Arm aircraft flew from the aircraft carriers HMS Victorious and Furious to attack merchant vessels in the northern Norwegian port of Kirkenes and the north Finnish port of Liinakhamari in Petsamo. The War Cabinet and Admiralty pressed Admiral John "Jack" Tovey, commander
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_EF_(1941)
date created:
2009-10-18T17:07:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T08:06:13Z
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