28 Mar 1940
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
- German merchant steamer Mini Horn was scuttled in the Denmark Strait. ww2dbase [Denmark Strait | HM]
28 Oct 1940
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
- Ermland broke through the Denmark Strait into the North Atlantic Ocean, but since battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisneau could not do the same, Ermland was ordered to sail to Brest, France. ww2dbase [Ermland | Denmark Strait | CPC]
4 Feb 1941
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
- German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau broke out into the Atlantic Ocean via the Denmark Strait undetected by the British Royal Navy. ww2dbase [Operation Berlin | Gneisenau | Scharnhorst | Denmark Strait | CPC]
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