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Operation
1939 Sep 01 German Conquest Gulf Of Danzig Hela
Start
YMDHM
1939_09_01_0432
End
YMDHM
1939_09_03_1115
Duration
2day 6hr 43min
Primary
Unit Involvement
KM Flag Officer Scouting Forces - 1939 Sep 01 German Conquest Gulf Of Danzig Hela
Summary
Cruisers withdrawn 1939 Sep 2 as unnecessary and too exposed in shallow coastal waters.
Opposing
Unit Involvement
PoN Forces At Hela - 1939 Sep 01 German Conquest Gulf Of Danzig Hela
Activity Type
Operation
Conducted By
Country
Germany
Contained In
Theatre Of War
Atlantic Theatre
Directed By
Area Command
GR Naval Group Command East
Operation Type
Conquest
Activity Class
Moderate
Completeness
Included Activities Entered
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Activity
1939 09 03 0600 Surface Action Hel
Activity Type
Engagement
Details
German units attempted to reconnoitre the harbour and identify the ship present.
Summary
Aimed to destroy the Polish navy. Failed, done by heavy air attack.
Places
1)
Location
Place
2) 1:
Included In
Place
3) 2:
Depicted In
Image
Hela
Poland
Gulf Of Danzig
Baltic Sea
Personal Involvements
Commanded By
Rank
Densch Hermann
VADM
Unit Involvements
1)
Command
2) 1:
Ship Age
3) 1:
Commanded By
4) 3:
Rank
5) 3:
Age
SMS Nurnberg
3.83yr
SMS Leipzig
7.9yr
SMS Koln
9.63yr
KM Flag Officer Torpedo Boats
Lutjens Gunther
RADM
50.27yr
SMS Leberecht Maass
2.63yr
SMS Georg Thiele
2.51yr
SMS Richard Beitzen
2.3yr
SMS Friedrich Ihn
1.4yr
SMS Erich Steinbrinck
1.25yr
SMS Friedrich Eckoldt
1.1yr
SMS Bruno Heinemann
1.65yr
SMS Wolfgang Zenker
1.17yr
SMS Bernd Von Arnim
0.74yr
SMS Hans Lody
0.97yr
Personal Involvements
Commanded By
Rank
Unrug
RADM
Unit Involvements
Command
Summary
ORP Wicher
ORP Gryf
ORP Orzel
Polish submarines were active and
SMS Erich Steinbrinck
was attacked by
ORP Wilk
but missed.
ORP Sep
ORP Rys
ORP Wilk
ORP Zbik
Documents
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Document Reference Attribute
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Number
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as
Page Reference
German Destroyers Of World War Two
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Major Article
83
N
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