World of warships memes2/22/2024 ![]() ![]() A request by Marinegruppe West for air support on 23 February, led Fliegerkorps X to ask if destroyers were at sea but the reply came too late and a bomber of Kampfgeschwader 26 attacked the destroyers.Īn inquiry exonerated the bomber crew because they had received no warning and no recognition flares had been fired from the ships. Only sixty survivors were recovered.įliegerkorps X had sent several signals to the naval Marinegruppe West with information about air operations over the North Sea but was not informed about the naval operation. Poor inter-service communication and co-operation between the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe resulted in the loss of two German warships through friendly fire bombing and German or British mines the operation being cancelled. ![]() Operation Wikinger (English: Operation Viking) was a German naval sortie into the North Sea by six destroyers of the Kriegsmarine on 22 February 1940 during the Second World War. ![]()
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