Operation Rake
'Rake' was a British unrealised plan for a naval sweep by elements of Admiral Sir Charles Forbes’s Home Fleet to locate and destroy German ships in the Skagerrak between Denmark in the south and Norway and Sweden in the north (March/April 1940).
Basic overview
Start date: 29 February 1940
End date: 31 March 1940
Scope: Minor
Nature: Sea, Interdiction
Status: Projected
End date: 31 March 1940
Scope: Minor
Nature: Sea, Interdiction
Status: Projected