Battle of the Barents Sea

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The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement in December 1942 in the Arctic Ocean, where British escort forces successfully defended a convoy against German surface ships, influencing Hitler’s decision to curtail the Kriegsmarine’s surface fleet operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Regenbogen (German side) ⓘ
belligerent Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
casualties German destroyer Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt sunk ⓘ
HMS Achates sunk ⓘ
HMS Bramble sunk ⓘ
commander Erich Bey ⓘ
Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
Oskar Kummetz ⓘ
Robert Burnett ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
convoyDestination Soviet Union ⓘ
convoyProtected Convoy JW 51B ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 31 December 1942 ⓘ
endDate 31 December 1942 ⓘ
location Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
notableFor Effective British destroyer tactics against superior German surface forces ⓘ
Failure of German heavy ships to defeat a well-handled escort group ⓘ
objective British mission to escort and protect convoy JW 51B to the Soviet Union ⓘ
German attempt to destroy Arctic convoy JW 51B ⓘ
opponent British escort forces ⓘ
German surface ships ⓘ
partOf Arctic naval operations of World War II ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
German failure to destroy convoy JW 51B ⓘ
shipInvolved German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt ⓘ
German destroyer Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt ⓘ
German destroyer Z29 ⓘ
German destroyer Z30 ⓘ
German destroyer Z31 ⓘ
German destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen ⓘ
German destroyer Z6 Theodor Riedel ⓘ
German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper ⓘ
German pocket battleship Lützow ⓘ
HMS Achates ⓘ
HMS Bramble ⓘ
HMS Jamaica ⓘ
HMS Obdurate ⓘ
HMS Obedient ⓘ
HMS Onslaught ⓘ
HMS Onslow ⓘ
HMS Oribi ⓘ
HMS Orwell ⓘ
HMS Sheffield ⓘ
startDate 31 December 1942 ⓘ
strategicConsequence Contributed to Hitler’s decision to scrap major German surface units ⓘ
Hitler ordered reduction of German surface fleet operations ⓘ
Increased reliance of Germany on U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
theatre Arctic theatre of World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kriegsmarine → conflict → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Arctic theatre of World War II → notableOperation → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Home Fleet → engagement → Arctic convoy battles ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Barents Sea
Admiral Scheer → notableEngagement → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Oskar Kummetz → participatedIn → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Northern Front of World War II → notableEvent → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Admiral Hipper → notableOperation → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Admiral Hipper → damagedInBattle → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
World War II naval battles → notableBattle → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
HMS Sheffield → notableEngagement → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Convoy JW 51B → battle → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Operation Regenbogen (German side) → conflict → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Operation Regenbogen (German side) → relatedTo → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
HMS Jamaica → participatedIn → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt → participatedIn → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt → sunkIn → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
HMS Onslow → participatedIn → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
HMS Onslow → dateOfEvent → Battle of the Barents Sea, 31 December 1942 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Barents Sea
HMS Obdurate → participatedIn → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
German destroyer Z30 → participatedIn → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
HMS Achates → conflict → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
HMS Achates → sunkIn → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
HMS Bramble → conflict → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
HMS Bramble → lostInBattle → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
German destroyer Z31 → participatedIn → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ
Robert Burnett → battle → Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ