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
2 battleships 1 heavy cruiser 4 destroyers	1 aircraft carrier 2 destroyers 1 trawler 1 troopship 1 oil tanker
Casualties and losses
50 killed 1 battleship damaged	1,519+ killed 1 aircraft carrier sunk 2 destroyers sunk 1 trawler sunk 1 troopship sunk 1 oil tanker 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.