The Battle of Åland Islands, or the Battle of Gotland, which occurred in July 1915, was a naval battle of World War I between the German Empire and the...
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archipelago, called the Åland Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. It comprises Fasta Åland, on which 90% of the population resides...
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The Invasion of Åland was a 1918 military campaign of World War I in Åland, Finland. The islands, still hosting Soviet Russian troops, were first invaded...
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German forces occupied the Åland Islands. After the Finnish Civil War, Åland joined Finland following the Åland Convention of 1921. Around 18,000 BC, during...
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Bythesea – 1854; Åland Islands William Johnstone – 1854; Åland Islands George Ingouville – 1855; Fort of Viborg George Dare Dowell – 1855; Fort of Viborg Tyrrell...
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Russian cruiser Rurik (1906) (category World War I cruisers of Russia)
minefields to block German naval traffic. She saw one major action, the Battle of Åland Islands, in July 1915. There, she engaged three German cruisers; she failed...
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SMS Albatross (1907) (category World War I cruisers of Germany)
had laid a minefield off the Åland Islands. Albatross was badly damaged in the battle and forced to beach off the island of Gotland in neutral Sweden. The...
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naval battle in the Great Northern War that took place in Åland, in the Ledsund strait between the island communities of Föglö and Lemland. The battle marked...
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Russian cruiser Admiral Makarov (category World War I cruisers of Russia)
The ship fought several inconclusive battles with German ships during the war, including the Battle of Åland Islands in mid–1915. She also defended Moon...
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Russian cruiser Bayan (1907) (category World War I cruisers of Russia)
inconclusive battles with German ships during the war, including the Battle of Åland Islands in mid-1915. She also participated in the Battle of Moon Sound...
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Nautilus-class minelayer (category World War I cruisers of Germany)
eventually ambushed by Russian cruisers and forced to beach in the Battle of Åland Islands in July. Nautilus took part in Operation Albion in 1917 and was...
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after the Battle of Bomarsund in Åland. Although the name of the war refers to Åland, skirmishes were also fought in other coastal towns of Finland in...
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Bayan-class cruiser (category Russo-Japanese War cruisers of Russia)
lay mines, and participated in the Battle of Åland Islands in 1915 and the German invasion of the Estonian islands in 1917. They were decommissioned in...
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SMS G135 (category Torpedo boats of the Imperial German Navy)
operating in the Baltic Sea in the early years of the war and taking part in the Battle of Åland Islands in July 1915. Later in the war, she was used for...
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towards Åland. By 8 August Apraksin reached the east coast of Åland triggering Swedish withdrawal from the islands. On 13 August whole of Åland was under...
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Russian cruiser Oleg (category World War I cruisers of Russia)
SMS Augsburg off Bornholm. On 2 July 1915, Oleg participated in the Battle of Åland Islands during which she assisted in driving the German light cruiser SMS Albatross...
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Baltic Fleet (category Naval units and formations of the Soviet Union)
between the Kingdom of Sweden and King George I. A Russian attempt to reach the Swedish capital of Stockholm was checked at the Battle of Stäket in 1719....
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Prästö is an island in the municipality of Sund in Åland, Finland. It is connected to the Åland Mainland by the Bomarsund Bridge crossing the narrow Bomarsund...
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SMS S138 (1906) (category Torpedo boats of the Imperial German Navy)
minelaying mission was intercepted by Russian cruisers in the Battle of Åland Islands. The armoured cruisers Prinz Adalbert and Prinz Heinrich, escorted...
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Godby (category Villages in Åland)
"Godby in Finström (Åland)". City Population. Retrieved 2023-06-09. "Archipelago trail on the Åland main island". Visit Åland. Retrieved 2023-06-09...
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Convention of Åland [sv] not only brought an end to the Russian offensive, but led to their withdrawal from the islands. After the Russian conquest of Finland...
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Russian cruiser Bogatyr (category Russo-Japanese War cruisers of Russia)
SMS Augsburg off Bornholm. On 2 July 1915, Bogatyr participated in the Battle of Åland Islands during which she drove the German light cruiser SMS Albatross onto...
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Russian naval squadron of the Baltic Sea attacked a German squadron laying mines in the Baltic Sea at the Battle of Åland Islands. The German cruiser SMS Albatross...
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SMS Roon (category World War I cruisers of Germany)
Albatross on 30 June that lasted through 2 July and resulted in the Battle of Åland Islands. The light cruiser Augsburg and three destroyers were escorting...
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Swedish neutrality (category Foreign relations of Sweden)
gain control of the islands in 1921, all difficulties between Sweden and Finland were resolved by the mid-1930s. The fear of the Åland islands falling under...
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Finnish War (redirect from Naval battle of Porkala)
the main island of Fasta Åland to surrender, and then invaded the island of Kumlinge where the bulk of the Russian garrison on the Åland Islands was based...
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Pyotr Bagration (category Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Second Degree)
offensive against the Åland was carried out in five attack columns: four engaged in a frontal assault while the fifth bypassed Åland from the south. The...
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SMS Lübeck (category World War I cruisers of Germany)
Admiral Mikhail Bakhirev, consisting of three armored and two light cruisers, resulting in the Battle of Åland Islands. Karpf, the flotilla commander, ordered...
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SMS S139 (1906) (category Torpedo boats of the Imperial German Navy)
minelaying mission was intercepted by Russian cruisers in the Battle of Åland Islands. The armoured cruisers Prinz Adalbert and Prinz Heinrich, escorted...
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Mikhail Bakhirev (category Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class)
the Battle of Åland Islands. Two years later he was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral and the following year (August 21, 1917) he became chief of the...
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