Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo

Operation EF (1941) took place on 30 July 1941, during the Second World War. After Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began on 22 June 1941, Fleet Air Arm aircraft flew from the aircraft carriers HMS Victorious and Furious to attack merchant vessels in the northern Norwegian port of Kirkenes and the Finnish port of Liinakhamari in Petsamo.

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1941  Wikidata
Operation EF
airstrike, Royal Navy, Jagdgeschwader 77, 

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Location: 69.6414, 31.3431, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1941 Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo

1918-05-01T00:00:00Z

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1918 — 1920 Petsamo Expeditions

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1944-10-31T00:00:00Z

1944 Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive

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1944-10-14T00:00:00Z

1944 Amphibious Operation at Liinahamari

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1918	Petsamo Expeditions	military expedition	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo	Royal Navy, Jagdgeschwader 77, airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive	Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Amphibious Operation at Liinahamari	battle, Russian Northern Fleet, landing operation	Wikidata