Operation Doppelschlag

Operation Doppelschlag
Admiral Scheer, photographed in early 1942
Type	Sortie
Location	Arctic Ocean
Planned	1942
Planned by	Kriegsmarine
Commanded by	Oskar Kummetz Otto Ciliax
Target	Convoy PQ 18
Outcome	Cancelled

Operation Doppelschlag (Operation Double Blow/Unternehmen Doppelschlag) was a German plan for a sortie in 1942 during the Second World War into the Arctic Ocean by the Kriegsmarine. The operation followed Operation Rösselsprung, against Convoy PQ 17 in July 1942 to attack convoy PQ 18 the next Arctic convoy of the Western Allies.