{"id":5263,"date":"2014-09-13T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T17:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2014-09-13T11:28:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T17:28:52","slug":"this-week-in-the-war-7-13-september-1942-arctic-convoys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=5263","title":{"rendered":"This week in the War, 7–13 September 1942: Arctic convoys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Torpedo attack on outbound Arctic convoy PQ18, September 1942 [Public domain, wiki]<\/p><\/div>This week in the war, on 12 September 1942, U-boats and the Luftwaffe launched attacks, which continued for several days, against important Allied convoys heading through the Arctic Ocean towards Murmansk—–most notably against outbound convoy PQ18.<\/p>\n

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Battleship HMS Duke of York on Arctic convoy duty [Public domain, wiki]<\/p><\/div>Convoy PQ18, which was carrying war aid, including Lend-Lease<\/a> aid, to Russia, comprised 40 merchant vessels plus an escort of destroyers and corvettes, and an aircraft carrier. Battleships HMS Duke of York and HMS Anson were held at a distance in reserve.<\/p>\n

Germany committed a dozen U-boats and a surface fleet of cruisers based in Norway.<\/p>\n

In the end, 13 merchants ships were lost but enough survived for the Allies to consider the operation successful. The Kriegsmarine lost three U-boats. The Luftwaffe lost 40 aircraft and, more significantly, their complement of trained pilots and crew.<\/p>\n

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