Operation Regenbogen
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Operation Regenbogen may refer to:
- In 1942 Operation Regenbogen (Arctic)Operation Regenbogen (Arctic)Operation Regenbogen was the sortie in 1942 into the Arctic Ocean by warships of the German Navy during World War II...
was an unsuccessful sortie against Arctic convoy JW-51B, which led to the Battle of the Barents Sea - In 1945 Operation Regenbogen (U-boat)Operation Regenbogen (U-boat)Regenbogen was the code name for the planned mass scuttling of the German U-boat fleet, to avoid surrender, at the end of World War II.-Background:At the beginning of May 1945 Nazi Germany was collapsing under the Allied onslaught....
was the codename for the plan by Admiral Karl Dönitz to scuttle Kriegsmarine warships, particularly U-boats, at the end of the war