The Unknown War is an American 20-part series that documents the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Today, SouthFront shares the 11th part of the series titled “The Battle of the Seas”. Soviet sailors played a key role in the struggle against the Nazis from the start, not only at sea but also on land.
On the first day of Operation Barbarossa, late in June of 1941, German planes attacked Soviet fleets and naval bases. Not only the Baltic, but also the Black Sea Fleet was attacked.
Under Hitler’s plan, it was envisioned that the blow to the Soviet naval bases in the Baltic would be struck from the land. In July, Nazi forces came to Riga and Tallinn, to the main base of the Baltic Fleet. In the second half of August, the Nazis launched a decisive attack on Tallinn. The city held out for seven days.
Also during the first year of the war, the sailors of the Black Sea fleet fought in Sevastopol from October to July. They also resisted the Nazis in Odessa until mid-October.
In Spring 1942, Hitler set the task of destroying the Baltic Fleet. On April 4, Operation “Ice Strike” began, but the Soviet Baltic Fleet survived.
In the spring of 1943 Hitlerites compressed the ring of blockade around Leningrad, trying to lock the fleet in the city, they blocked the Gulf of Finland with a continuous network barrier. But all was in vain.
The Baltic Fleet broke through to the high seas in 1944. Battles were fought on a front thousands of kilometers long. The Black Sea Fleet would return in the same year to both Sevastopol and Odessa and help liberate them from the Nazis.
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what bankers profited from this war ?
the bank of england profited the most imo
those who consider themselves superior and/or invinsible/unsinkable should remember what happened to the mv wilhelm gustloff . in the age of the hypersonic missile, those mighty carriers can break the records of becoming the largest maritime graveyards in the history of the world.
really.who would guess
load of rubbish my family lived there my grandad was top ranking nazi top. it’s all bs.