"The Naval War in the Baltic Sea 1941-1945" Topic
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Tango01 | 11 Apr 2020 10:12 p.m. PST |
"The German naval campaign in the Baltic Sea was one of Germany's most successful military efforts of the entire Second World War. For most of the Second World War, the Baltic Sea was a virtual German lake. The most successful year for the Germans in the Baltic Sea was 1943. In that year, not one Soviet ship or submarine made it past the anti-submarine net the Finns and the Germans had erected from Helsinki to Tallinn. In the end, in the Spring of 1945, the German Kriegsmarine under Großadmiral Karl Dönitz was able to evacuate nearly 2.5 million Baltic and German civilians and soldiers from Baltic shores to safety in northern Germany despite vigorous attempts by the Soviets to prevent just that from happening. This operation, the last of the once mighty Kriegsmarine, would be the largest sea-rescue operation in history. The German navy started and ended the naval war in the Baltic Sea supporting the German Army to meets its operational objectives…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Blutarski | 12 Apr 2020 11:11 a.m. PST |
Excellent companion book for this topic – "The Naval War in the Baltic 1939-1945" by Poul Grooss. Highly recommended. B |
Tango01 | 12 Apr 2020 4:22 p.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement Armand |
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