What the records say
- When
- Sep 1939 – May 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 56.60° N, 19.08° E
- Description
- 1939–45 part of the Eastern Front during WWII
- War
- World War II
Baltic Sea campaigns (1939–1945)
WWII Axis and Allied campaigns
The Baltic Sea campaigns were conducted by Axis and Allied naval forces in the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the connected lakes Ladoga and Onega on the Eastern Front of World War II. After early fighting between Polish and German forces, the main combatants were the Kriegsmarine and the Soviet Navy, with Finland supporting the Germans until 1944 and the Soviets thereafter.
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