"hans lody" was under repair for most of the norwegian campaign and was transferred to france in late 1940 where she participated in several engagements with british ships, crippling another destroyer. the ship returned to germany in late 1940 for a refit and was transferred to norway in june 1941 as part of the preparations for operation barbarossa, the german invasion of the soviet union. "hans lody" spent some time at the beginning of the campaign conducting anti-shipping patrols in soviet waters, but these were generally fruitless. she escorted a number of german convoys in the arctic later in the year before returning to germany in september for machinery repairs.