Modern era · 1941
Operation Rheinübung
Operation Rheinübung (German: Unternehmen Rheinübung) was the sortie into the Atlantic by the new German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen on 18–27 May 1941, during World War II. This operation aimed to disrupt Allied shipping to the United Kingdom as the previously successful Operation Berlin had done.
Archive photo
- When
- 18 May 1941 – 27 May 1941
- Where
- Atlantic Ocean
- Era
- Modern
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Operation Rheinübung, CC BY-SA 4.0