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- When
- 29 Feb 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.23° N, 14.77° E
- Description
- 1944 Adriatic Sea battle
- War
- World War II
Battle of Ist
1944 Adriatic Sea battle between Free France and Germany
The Battle of Ist was a naval engagement in the Adriatic Sea, between the islands of Škarda and Molat, off the island of Ist, on 29 February 1944. The engagement was fought between two Free French Naval Forces destroyers and a Kriegsmarine force of two corvettes, two torpedo boats and three minesweepers. The German flotilla had been deployed to escort a freighter.
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