What the records say
- When
- 29 Sep 1917 – 20 Oct 1917
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 58.50° N, 23.00° E
- Description
- German capture of part of Estonia, WWI
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War I
4 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWI: Operation Albion – German forces land on and capture the West Estonian archipelago”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Unternehmen Albion”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Albion dans le golfe de Riga”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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