Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Operation Tungsten

Operation Tungsten
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 3, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 15:35, 22 March 2014‎ (UTC)



Operation Tungsten was a World War II air raid conducted by the Royal Navy against the German battleship Tirpitz. The operation sought to damage or destroy Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjord in the far north of Norway before she could become fully operational again following a period of repairs. After four months of training and preparations, the British Home Fleet sailed on 30 March 1944 and aircraft launched from five aircraft carriers struck Kaafjord on 3 April. The raid achieved surprise, with the British aircraft meeting little opposition. Fifteen bombs hit the battleship, and strafing by fighter aircraft inflicted heavy casualties on her gun crews. Four British aircraft and nine airmen were lost during the operation. The damage inflicted during the attack was not sufficient to sink or disable Tirpitz, but 122 members of her crew were killed and 316 wounded. The British conducted further carrier raids against Tirpitz between April and August 1944, but none were successful. Tirpitz was eventually disabled and then sunk by Royal Air Force heavy bombers in late 1944. I think that this gets 2 points for marking the 70th anniversary of the raid. There have been a few battleship TFAs recently, but as this is an article about a battle I don't know if its appropriate to deduct points. Nick-D (talk) 02:55, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. FA promoted in 2013. Meticulously sourced throughout. Excellent quality improvement effort by . Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:47, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Solid. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:21, 21 March 2014 (UTC)