campaign, notable, interwar and Second World War
Operation Paravane
Operation Paravane was a campaign fought in 1944 at Kåfjorden, in what is now Norway. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: British victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Kåfjorden, Norway 69.935N, 23.045E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Casualties and losses | 11 killed; 6 or 7 heavy bombers destroyed in accidents | Battleship German battleship heavily damaged; 5 killed, 15 wounded |
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Nearest engagements
- Operation Tungsten 1944, same recorded site
- Operation Goodwood 1944, same recorded site
- Operation Obviate 1944, 160 km W
- Operation Catechism 1944, 166 km W
- attack of the Tirpitz by the Soviet submarine K-21 1941, 195 km N
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Dunkirk 15 September 1944
- After: Operation Market Garden 1944
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf Philippines
- Battle of the Philippine Sea Japan
- Battle of Peleliu Palau
- Operation Ichi-Go China
- Battle of Saipan United States
Operation Paravane is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 111 in present-day Norway.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7097375, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Paravane, revision 1370694209, 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.