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Kara Sea U-boat campaign
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The Kara Sea U-boat campaign was a German submarine operation in the Arctic waters of the Kara Sea during the Second World War. The plan was to repeat Operation Wunderland (16–30 August 1942) in Operation Husar. The Deutschland-class cruiser Lützow was to sortie into the Kara Sea with U-boats in support, to attack Soviet ships.
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Kara Sea U-boat campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Arctic campaign of the Second World War | |||||||
![]() U-255 at Narvik | |||||||
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6 U-boats (1943) | Anti-submarine warfare units | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 U-boats sunk |
1 corvette sunk 6 minesweepers sunk 5 merchant ships sunk 1 merchant ship damaged 2 survey vessels sunk 1 salvage ship sunk 1 motorboat sunk |
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