battle, notable, interwar and Second World War
Operation Carthage
Operation Carthage was a battle fought in 1945 at Copenhagen, in what is now Denmark. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 20 bombers, 30 fighters against Various antiaircraft defences.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1945 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Copenhagen, Denmark 55.678N, 12.562E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 20 bombers, 30 fighters; Various antiaircraft defences | |
| Casualties and losses | 6 aircraft destroyed; 9 aircrew killed; 1 aircrew captured; The Danish headquarters of the Gestapo destroyed; 55 German soldiers and 47 Danish employees of the Gestapo killed; 123 Danish civilians killed, including 87 schoolchildren; 8 Danish prisoners of the Gestapo killed | |
Nearest engagements
- Assault on Copenhagen 1659, 0.5 km SE
- Siege of Copenhagen 1368, 0.5 km SE
- Siege Of Copenhagen 1658, 0.5 km SE
- Siege of Copenhagen 1289, 0.5 km SE
- Siege of Copenhague 1535, 0.5 km SE
Contested ground: this site was fought over 9 times between 1289 and 1945.
In the same war
- Before: Lika-Primorje operation 1945
- After: Operation Bowler 1945
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1945
- atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan
- Battle of Iwo Jima Japan
- Battle of Okinawa Japan
- Soviet invasion of Manchuria China
- Soviet–Japanese War Russia
Operation Carthage is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 74 in present-day Denmark.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1810832, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Carthage, revision 1380984319, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.