Operation Judgement (1945)

Operation Judgement
Part of Second World War
Operation Judgement. The main targets of the attack, the depot ship Black Watch and U-711 are hidden behind water columns and smoke
Date 4 May 1945 Location Kilbotn, Norway 68°43′30″N 16°33′54″E / 68.7250°N 16.5650°E / 68.7250; 16.5650 Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Rhoderick McGrigor	Hans-Günther Lange
Strength
3 Fleet Air Arm Squadrons: 44 aircraft from 3 Escort carriers	Various anti aircraft defences, shipping, U-boats
Casualties and losses
2 aircraft 4 killed	1 U-boat sunk 2 ships sunk 150 killed or wounded
Harstad class=notpageimage| Harstad, Norway

Operation Judgement was an operation carried out at the end of the Second World War by the Home Fleet of the British Royal Navy in Northern Norway on 4 May 1945. A force of 44 Fleet Air Arm aircraft attacked a U-boat base 5 mi (8.0 km) south of the town and port of Harstad. The attack was directed at vessels in the natural harbour at Kilbotn. It lasted seven minutes and left two ships and a U-boat sunk. No Norwegians in the village of Kilbotn were killed or injured during or after the attack. Operation Judgement was the last air raid of the war in Europe.