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"4th May, 1945. Operation JUDGMENT (ii), an attack by 44 aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm on the U-Boat base at Kilbotn, near the Norwegian town of Harstad. This was the last major offensive action carried out by the Royal Navy Home Fleet against German targets during the Second World War.
#NavalHistory"

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