Altmark Incident

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The Altmark Incident was a 1940 World War II naval confrontation in Norwegian waters, where British forces boarded the German tanker Altmark to free imprisoned Allied sailors, heightening tensions during the early "Phoney War" period.

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Generate an image of the Altmark Incident (The Altmark Incident was a 1940 World War II naval confrontation in Norwegian waters, where British forces boarded the German tanker Altmark to free imprisoned Allied sailors, heightening tensions during the early "Phoney War" period.)

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Label Occurrences
Altmark Incident canonical 12
Altmark incident 3
Altmark affair 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II event ⓘ
naval incident ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Altmark affair ⓘ
linked to: Altmark Incident
belligerent Kriegsmarine ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht

Royal Navy ⓘ
casualtiesBritishWounded 1 ⓘ
casualtiesGermanKilled 7 ⓘ
casualtiesGermanWounded 11 ⓘ
commanderForGermany Heinrich Dau ⓘ
commanderForUK Philip Vian ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1940-02-16 ⓘ
followedBy Norwegian campaign ⓘ
historicalSignificance major prelude to German invasion of Norway ⓘ
symbolic assertion of British right of search in neutral waters ⓘ
involvedShip German tanker Altmark ⓘ
HMS Arethusa ⓘ
HMS Cossack ⓘ
HMS Intrepid ⓘ
HMS Ivanhoe ⓘ
HMS Kimberley ⓘ
HMS Nubian ⓘ
linked to: HMS Sikh

HMS Sikh ⓘ
legalIssue violation of Norwegian neutrality alleged by Britain ⓘ
violation of Norwegian neutrality alleged by Germany ⓘ
location Jøssingfjord ⓘ
Norwegian territorial waters ⓘ
notableQuote "The Navy’s here" associated with the boarding of Altmark ⓘ
objective liberation of Allied merchant seamen ⓘ
partOf Phoney War ⓘ
politicalConsequence encouraged British planning for Norwegian campaign ⓘ
heightened Anglo-German tensions ⓘ
increased British criticism of Norwegian neutrality enforcement ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the River Plate ⓘ
prisonersFreed 299 ⓘ
prisonersNationality British ⓘ
relatedShip Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
Rescue of Allied prisoners ⓘ
territorialStatus occurred inside Norwegian territorial waters ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Phoney War ⓘ
triggeredBy Commerce raiding by German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ
typeOfAction naval boarding operation ⓘ
year 1940 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Phoney War → notableEvent → Altmark Incident ⓘ
Altmark Incident → alsoKnownAs → Altmark affair ⓘ
linked to: Altmark Incident
Jøssingfjord → knownFor → Altmark Incident ⓘ
Jøssingfjord → eventLocation → Altmark Incident ⓘ
HMS Cossack → notableFor → Altmark incident ⓘ
linked to: Altmark Incident
HMS Cossack → date → Altmark incident 16 February 1940 ⓘ
linked to: Altmark Incident
Operation Weser Exercise → precededBy → Altmark Incident ⓘ
Altmark → notableFor → Altmark Incident ⓘ
subject linked to: German tanker Altmark
HMS Ivanhoe → participatedIn → Altmark Incident ⓘ
Heinrich Dau → notableFor → Altmark Incident ⓘ
Heinrich Dau → notableEvent → Altmark Incident ⓘ
Drôle de guerre → notableEvent → Altmark Incident ⓘ
Sokndal → historicalEventSite → Altmark Incident ⓘ
subject linked to: Sokndal municipality
Philip Vian → notableFor → Altmark incident ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Philip Vian
linked to: Altmark Incident
Philip Vian → participatedIn → Altmark incident ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Philip Vian
linked to: Altmark Incident
Altmark → notableFor → Altmark Incident ⓘ
Altmark → roleInEvent → Altmark Incident ⓘ