attacks during the war. Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive: the 14th Army of the Soviet Karelian Front captured the Norwegian town of Kirkenes. The American submarine...
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during World War II, involving both Norwegian commandos and Allied bombing raids. During the war, the Allies sought to inhibit the German development of...
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fierce close-quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in aerial raids; the battle epitomized urban warfare, being the single largest and costliest...
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between Elista and Astrakhan. During August and September, German patrols raided the railway around Kizlyar, north-east of Grozny, marking the farthest advance...
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managed to sneak out of the blockade. On 26 June, in support of the sea-borne Raid on Constanța, Soviet armored motor gunboats landed troops at Chilia Veche...
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strike Petsamo, Finland, sinking a small steamer for the loss of three aircraft, while 29 aircraft from the carrier HMS Victorious attack Kirkenes, Norway...
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211. Meyer 2005, p. 393. Számvéber 2013, p. 212. Számvéber 2013, p. 214. Di Giusto 2010, p. 60. Számvéber 2013, p. 216. Meyer 2005, p. 395. Számvéber...
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usefulness as an air base. Likewise, the Wehrmacht had launched a bombing raid on the Sevastopol naval base at the start of the invasion. Since the beginning...
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Stephenson, 52, British actor The British Fleet Air Arm launched the raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo, but it was unsuccessful. German 6th Army made its first direct...
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Ship Sunk In Turkish Waters". The Times. No. 48971. London. 7 July 1941. col E, p. 4. "soviet Merchant Marine losses in WWII". Ship Nostalgia. 20 July 2017...
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