 Operation Gearbox II 17 Gunyana 1942 7 Gunyana 1943 yaive chiitiko cheNorway neBritish. Kusimbiswa kweOperation Gearbox kwakasimbisa kudzivirirwa kweBarentsburg uye kwakaita gadziriro yeGearbox II, imwe kusimbiswa kwevaNorway uye chikamu chehurongwa hweConvoy PQ 18, kudzivisa kudzokorora kweConvoy PQ 17 27 June 10 July 1942 umo 24 yevatakuri 35 yakanga yakanyura. Ngarava dzemafuta nemidziyo inodzivirira ina yakabva kuScapa Flow musi wa3 Gunyana ndokusvika kuLowe Sound mazuva akati gare gare. Kubva musi wa9 kusvika musi wa13 Gunyana, zvikepe zvehondo zvakatorwa kubva kuPQ 18 kuti zviwedzere mafuta pamberi pekamba yakapfuura Bear Island uye kupinda mu Luftwaffe mabhomba uye torpedo-bhomba rakadzika muNorth Norway. Rimwe boka reGermany remamiriro okunze rakadzingwa pachitsuwa nevaNorway uye musi wa19 Gumiguru, cruiser nemakwikwi mana vakaendesa mamwe mauto eNorway. 