Channel Dash (Operation Cerberus)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Channel_Dash_(Operation_Cerberus)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:aircraftLost	British: 42 German: 17
gptkbp:airOpposition	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Cerberus
gptkbp:casualties	British: 365 killed, 16 captured German: 17 killed, 39 wounded
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Cerberus gptkb:Donnerkeil_(air_cover)
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Otto_Ciliax gptkb:Philip_Vian gptkb:Adolf_Galland gptkb:Bertram_Ramsay
gptkbp:date	11–13 February 1942
gptkbp:followedBy	Operations in Norwegian waters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Channel Dash (Operation Cerberus)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:English_Channel gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:minesweeperSupport	German minesweepers
gptkbp:navalOpposition	gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:notableEvent	Gneisenau hit a mine Scharnhorst hit a mine Scharnhorst hit a second mine
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Otto_Ciliax gptkb:Philip_Vian gptkb:Adolf_Galland gptkb:Bertram_Ramsay
gptkbp:objective	Move German warships from Brest to German ports
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Brest_Group_operations
gptkbp:purpose	Evade British blockade and return to Germany
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Operation_Donnerkeil_(German_air_cover) gptkb:Operation_Fuller_(British_response)
gptkbp:result	German success
gptkbp:shipsInvolved	gptkb:Gneisenau gptkb:Prinz_Eugen gptkb:Scharnhorst
gptkbp:significance	Demonstrated weaknesses in British coastal defenses Allowed German ships to escape blockade
gptkbp:supportedBy	Luftwaffe
gptkbp:supports	Luftwaffe
gptkbp:torpedoBoatsInvolved	gptkb:E-boats
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5