| Operation Juno | |||||||
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| Part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War | |||||||
 Hans Lody rescuing survivors from the troop transport Orama | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Germany |
 United Kingdom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Wilhelm Marschall | Guy D'Oyly-Hughes † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Battleship Gneisenau Battleship Scharnhorst Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper 4 destroyers |
Aircraft carrier Glorious Destroyer Acasta Destroyer Ardent Trawler Juniper Troopship Orama Oil tanker Oil Pioneer | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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50 killed Scharnhorst damaged |
1,519+ killed All ships sunk | ||||||
Operation Juno was a German sortie into the Norwegian Sea during the Norwegian Campaign, with the goal of helping the German Army to drive the Allied out of northern Norway and to recapture Narvik. The most notable engagement of the operation was the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sinking the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and its two escorting destroyers. Several Allied vessels were sunk in other engagements.