campaign, notable, interwar and Second World War
Operation Safari
Operation Safari was a campaign fought in 1943 at Denmark. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Denmark. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: German victory; Most Royal Danish Navy ships scuttled.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1943 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Denmark 56.000N, 10.000E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 9,000 soldiers; 1 mine warfare ship; 2 torpedo boats | 2,200 soldiers; 1,100 auxiliary troops; 4,300 sailors; 2 coastal defence ships; 10 torpedo boats; 7 minelayers; 18 minesweepers; 2 floating workshops; 12 submarines; 4 large patrol ships; 2 survey ships; 2 station vessels; 1 royal yacht; 59 patrol cutters; 1 transport ship |
| Casualties and losses | 1–11 killed; 8–59 wounded; At least 1 aircraft damaged | 23–26 killed; 40–50 wounded; 1 coastal defence ship grounded; 1 coastal defence ship scuttled; 4 torpedo boats scuttled; 1 torpedo boat blown up; 4 torpedo boats captured; 7 minelayers scuttled; 6 minesweepers scuttled; 9 minesweepers captured; 1 floating workshop torched; 9 submarines scuttled; 3 submarines captured; 1 large patrol ship scuttled; 3 large patrol ships captured; 1 survey ship captured; 2 station vessels captured; 50 patrol cutters captured; 1 transport ship captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Nonnebjerget 1340, 6.3 km NW
- Aarhus Air Raid 1944, 22 km NE
- Skirmish of Århus 1849, 23 km NE
- Battle of Vejle 1864, 43 km SW
- Battle of Fredericia 1849, 51 km S
In the same war
- Before: Battle of the Dnieper 1943
- After: Bombing of Pisa in World War II 1943
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1943
Operation Safari 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 Q325013, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Safari, revision 1378641556, 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.