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Operation Juno:

Overview: operation Juno was a naval offensive by the Germans in the Norwegian Campaign of world war 2. (wikipedia) Mission:
 * fleet composed of the following ships; Gneisenau (flagship), Scharnhorst, heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and the four destroyers Karl Galster, Hans Lody, Erich Steinbrink and Hermann Schoemann (scharnhorst)
 * originally the above ships were meant to relieve pressure at the german Garrison Narvik but became unnecessary when the allies withdrew from Norway
 * however, the German commander, admiral Marschall, proceeded to attack the evacuating ships and destroyed The troop transport //Orama//, the tanker //Oil Pioneer// and the minesweeper HMS Jupiter. (wikipedia)
 * as a side note the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau came in contact with the HMS Glorious and its escorting ships, the HMS Acasta AND Ardent then proceeded to destroy the ships causing the most loss of british life, between 1, 474 and 1, 530, in the war up to that time. (wikipedia)
 * [[image:http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnhorst/history/pictures/scharnjuno/acasta/operation_juno_acasta_02.jpg width="377" height="253"]]

When: june 8,1940 militia involved: German British

sources: [|(Wikipedia)] [|(scharnhorst)]