Operation Wunderland Part of the Arctic Theater of World War II Date 16 August – 5 October 1942 (1942-08-16 – 1942-10-05) Location Kara Sea Result Indecisive Belligerents Germany Soviet Union Commanders and leaders Hubert Schmundt Arseniy Golovko Strength Admiral Scheer Friedrich Eckoldt Erich Steinbrinck Richard Beitzen U-209 U-251 U-601 Weak units of the Soviet Northern Fleet[ambiguous] Casualties and losses None Sibiryakov sunk 5 cargo ships sunk 2 cargo ships damaged 2 gunboats damaged