e/Operation Rösselsprung (Naval)

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has gloss	eng: Rösselsprung was the largest operation of its type mounted by the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during the Second World War, and arguably the most successful, resulting as it did in the near destruction of arctic convoy PQ-17. Ironically, this success was entirely indirect, as no Rösselsprung ship caught sight of the convoy, or fired a shot at it, all PQ 17s losses being due to U-boat and aircraft attacks. Also, a number of the Rösselsprung ships were damaged in the course of the operation, while only 5 aircraft were shot down, and no U-boats lost or damaged in the attack on PQ 17.
lexicalization	eng: Operation Rösselsprung
instance of	e/Arctic convoys of World War II