Sõrve (Estonian: Sõrve or Sörve) is a peninsula which forms the southernmost section of the Estonian island Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. Its length is...
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Russian positions on the Sõrve Peninsula in the south of the island of Saaremaa. Several Russian destroyers were anchored off Sõrve, and one was slightly...
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Nordic Iron Age ship burials, dated to 700–750 CE, have been found in Sõrve Peninsula. Sagas talk about numerous skirmishes between the islanders and Vikings...
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incurs the enmity of his unit's political officer. Back fighting on the Sõrve Peninsula in November (Tehumardi lahing), his unit captures a group of sixteen-year-old...
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They planned to make a stand at the narrow, more easily defensible Sõrve Peninsula on the southwestern side of Saaremaa. Several sharp engagements took...
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withdrawal, and planned to make a stand on the easily defendable peninsula of Sõrve (Sworbe). Two infantry battalions from the German 67th Potsdam Grenadier...
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the Baltic Sea, between the Sõrve Peninsula forming the southern end of the island Saaremaa in Estonia and Courland Peninsula in Latvia. It is 27 km (17 mi)...
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orders when he considered it necessary, such as the evacuation of the Sõrve Peninsula. Gefreiter: 1 April 1912 Unteroffizier: 1 August 1912 Vizefeldwebel...
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This is list of peninsulas and capes in Estonia. The list is incomplete....
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Sõrve Lighthouse (Estonian: Sõrve tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Saaremaa Parish, on the island of Saaremaa, in Estonia. The current lighthouse...
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