Operation Juno

Operation Juno
Part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War
Hans Lody rescuing survivors from the troop transport Orama
Date 8 June 1940 Location Norwegian Sea 69°00′N 04°00′E / 69.000°N 4.000°E / 69.000; 4.000 Result German victory
Belligerents
Germany	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Wilhelm Marschall	Guy D'Oyly-Hughes †
Strength
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
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.