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    Arctic naval operations of World War II were the World War II naval operations that took place in the Arctic Ocean, and can be considered part of the...
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    The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet...
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    Helander, is set during the Lapland War. Finland portal Germany portal Aarne Juutilainen Arctic naval operations of World War II Cold-weather warfare Fell Gebirgsjäger...
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  • This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022[update] this...
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  • the beginning of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across...
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    The Battle of the North Cape was a Second World War naval battle that occurred on 26 December 1943, as part of the Arctic campaign. The German battleship Scharnhorst...
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    photos were to be flown to Britain for briefing material. Arctic Ocean operations of World War II Schofield & Nesbit 2005, pp. 61–62. Stacey 2008, p. 306...
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    the Kara Sea. The operation was the first part of a campaign to dominate the seas of the western Arctic. Reports from Japanese naval intelligence alerted...
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    This is a list of military engagements of World War II encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines...
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  • carrier operations during World War II. Naval historians such as Evan Mawdsley, Richard Overy, and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive...
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    Operation Claymore was a British/Norwegian commando raid on the Lofoten Islands of northern Norway during the Second World War. The Lofoten Islands were...
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    United States Submarine Operations in World War II. p. 416. "This Day In History - Britain surprises German attacker in the Arctic". History.com. A&E Television...
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    Operation Gauntlet was an Allied Combined Operation from 25 August until 3 September 1941, during the Second World War. Canadian, British and the Norwegian...
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    The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement on 31 December 1942 between warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships...
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    Operation Title was an unsuccessful Allied attack on the German battleship Tirpitz during World War II. It involved two British Chariot manned torpedoes...
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  • Operation Ostfront (German: "Eastern Front") was the sortie into the Arctic Ocean by the German battleship Scharnhorst during World War II. This operation...
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    part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's...
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  • The List of theatres and campaigns of World War II subdivides military operations of World War II and contemporary wars by war, then by theater and then...
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  • surrounding the north Norwegian town of Narvik, as part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War. The two naval battles in Ofotfjord on 10 April...
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    The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II. It saw heavy fighting across Europe for almost six...
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    Nazi Germany during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. In the early morning of 9 April 1940 (Wesertag, "Weser Day")...
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    World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9780870211010. Tirpitz in Norway; X-craft midget submarines raid the fjords, Operation...
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    in the Arctic by land and naval forces in World War II between 1941 and 1945 in the following theaters of operations: Finland – The Winter War was a military...
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    Operation Gearbox (30 June – 17 September 1942) was a joint Norwegian and British operation to occupy the Arctic island of Spitsbergen during the Second...
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  • World War II was the first war where naval aviation took a major part in the hostilities. Aircraft carriers were used from the start of the war in Europe...
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    and the Archaeology of the Recent Past Dege, Wilhelm (2004). War North of 80: The Last German Arctic Weather Station of World War II. Dege & Barr (2004)...
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  • Operation Regenbogen (Operation Rainbow) was a sortie in 1942 into the Arctic Ocean by warships of the Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine (German navy) during the...
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    When World War II broke out the United States Naval Construction Battalions (Seabees) did not exist. The logistics of a two theater war were daunting to...
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  • The strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II were major military events carried out between 1941 and 1945 on the Eastern Front or in 1945 in...
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    Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-78200-290-1. Woodman, Richard (2004) [1994]. Arctic Convoys 1941–1945. London:...
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