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Amphibious operation by the Red Army during World War II
The Moonsund landing operation (Russian: Моонзундская десантная операция; Estonian: Lääne-Eesti saarte kaitsmine; Swedish: Moonsund Invasionen) was an
Moonsund_operation
2015 film
political officer. Back fighting on the Sõrve Peninsula during the Moonsund operation in November, Jüri's unit captures a group of sixteen-year-old Estonian
1944_(film)
Military unit
duration of the war. Late that month it was committed to the amphibious operation to secure Saaremaa and the other Baltic islands, a campaign that continued
131st_Rifle_Division
1944 military conflict in Estonia during WW II
Schlacht von Tehumardi) was a battle on October 8, 1944, related to the Moonsund Operation during World War II. Soviet soldiers fought German troops occupying
Battle_of_Tehumardi
Military unit
North). The division participated in the occupation of Tallinn and the Moonsund Archipelago. After the fall of Tallinn the Germans had to clear the Baltic
61st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
61st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
Strategic offensive during WWII
on to take the remaining West Estonian islands (Moonsund archipelago) in the Moonsund Landing Operation, an amphibious attack. Overall, the Baltic offensive
Tallinn_offensive
1917 naval battle in the Baltic Sea
to destroy the Russian Army and occupy the West Estonian Archipelago (Moonsund Archipelago). The Germans captured the archipelago, with its main islands
Battle_of_Moon_Sound
1941 military operation in Estonia during WWII
Operation Beowulf refers to two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu, off the Estonian west coast. Both plans had the same
Operation_Beowulf
Porkuni Moonsund Landing Operation Battle of Tehumardi Battle of Memel Liberation of Finnmark Battle of Serbia Belgrade Offensive Niš operation Lapland
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German Imperial Navy battleship class
this end, the Admiralstab (the Navy High Command) planned an operation in the Moonsund archipelago. The five Kaiser-class ships were assigned to the
Kaiser-class_battleship
subset of the overall Baltic Offensive, 8th Army was part of the Moonsund Operation in November that cleared Axis forces from the West Estonian archipelago
Filipp_Starikov
Topics referred to by the same term
a Sweden-focused exploratory mining company Operation Beowulf, two German plans to occupy the Moonsund archipelago during World War II SMS Beowulf, a
Beowulf_(disambiguation)
14 September – 24 October 1944 Tallinn offensive 17–26 September 1944 Moonsund landing 5–22 October 1944 Memel offensive 27 September – 24 November 1944
Red Army strategic operations in World War II
Red_Army_strategic_operations_in_World_War_II
Battle of World War II in Estonia
went on to take the remaining West Estonian archipelago in the Moonsund Landing Operation. The Baltic Offensive resulted in the expulsion of the German
Battle_of_Narva_(1944)
1944 military conflicts in Baltic states during WW II
Leningrad Front to drive German forces from mainland Estonia. The Moonsund Landing Operation (Russian: Моонзундская десантная операция) (27 September–24 November
Baltic_offensive
Largest island in Estonia
(as of January 2020). The main island of the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island
Saaremaa
1940 order of battle during WWII
(scuttled on 14 April when intercepted by the Royal Navy cruiser Suffolk) Moonsund (tanker) (sunk on 12 April by the British submarine Snapper) Objective
Norwegian campaign order of battle
Norwegian_campaign_order_of_battle
Peninsula in Estonia
1941 Operation Beowulf. The peninsula saw heavy fighting between the invading Soviet and defending German forces in October and November 1944 (Moonsund Landing
Sõrve_Peninsula
Red Army group on the Eastern Front of World War II
Baltic fleet, took part in recapturing the Moonsund archipelago. These were the last offensive operations of the front. Forces of the Leningrad Front
Leningrad_Front
German field marshal (1892–1973)
breaching the Metaxas Line. With this division, Schörner took part in Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. The 6th Gebirgs Division was assigned to the
Ferdinand_Schörner
Soviet destroyer
splinters killed two and wounded eight crew members. During the Moonsund operations she fired over 360 76 mm and a similar amount of 45 mm shells, as
Soviet_destroyer_Svirepy
Part of the war
1917, the Imperial German Army occupied the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), including the larger islands of Saaremaa (Ösel), Hiiumaa
German occupation of Estonia during World War I
German_occupation_of_Estonia_during_World_War_I
World War II-era German torpedo boats
began bombarding Soviet positions in October during the Soviet Moonsund Landing Operation as the Germans began evacuating the islands off the west coast
Type_39_torpedo_boat
retreat from Estonia. Resistance against the Soviets continued in the Moonsund Archipelago until November 23, 1944, when the Germans evacuated the Sõrve
German occupation of Estonia during World War II
German_occupation_of_Estonia_during_World_War_II
World War II naval battles
equipment, supplies and guns and was heading to Saarenmaa for the Moonsund Landing Operation. On 18 November 1944, U-679 sunk the Soviet patrol boat SK-62
Gulf of Finland U-boat campaign
Gulf_of_Finland_U-boat_campaign
capture entire mainland Estonia. 29: Soviet forces begin the Moonsund Landing Operation to capture the West Estonian archipelago from German forces. 30:
Timeline of World War II (1944)
Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1944)
Russian Navy fleet
Viborg, Tallinn, (Estonia), Riga, (Latvia), the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), Helsinki, (Finland), and Turku. The Russian Navy won an important
Baltic_Fleet
Village in Estonia
text and symbols ahead of the tourism season. Tehumardi quarry Moonsund Landing Operation Salme River "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex
Tehumardi
Military unit
with the Baltic Fleet conducted the Moonsund Landing Operation to capture the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago). From December 1944, the
8th_Army_(Soviet_Union)
Naval infantry arm of the Russian Navy
Peninsula, one during the Caucasus Campaign and one as part of the Landing at Moonsund, in the Baltic. During the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945, Soviet naval infantry
Russian_Naval_Infantry
Armoured car
service. In early October 1917 two naval Garfords took part in the battle of Moonsund during which they supported the Naval death battalion of Captain of the
Garford-Putilov_armoured_car
Soviet Armenian Admiral of the Fleet (1894–1967)
He briefly saw action against the Germans in West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago). He continued his service after the October Revolution in
Ivan_Isakov
Maritime service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces
four major operations: two during the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, one during the Caucasus Campaign and one as part of the Landing at Moonsund, in the
Soviet_Navy
Month of 1944
(apparent complications from exhaustion) The Red Army began the Moonsund Landing Operation, an amphibious assault as part of the Baltic Offensive. The Battle
September_1944
Soviet Storozhevoy-class destroyers
batteries on both occasions. While anchored in the Rohuküla roadstead in the Moonsund on 18 August, Statny came under German air attack at 10:10 and weighed
Soviet destroyer Statny (1939)
Soviet_destroyer_Statny_(1939)
Parish church. The three German divisions in the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago) resisted until 23 November 1944. According to Soviet data
Estonia_in_World_War_II
Month of 1944
Sino-Japanese War ended in Japanese victory. The Baltic Offensive and the Moonsund Landing Operation ended in Soviet victory. The government of Ferenc Szálasi in Hungary
November_1944
Month of 1941
from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2021. "Moonsund defensive operation of the Great Patriotic War began". Boris Yeltsin Presidential
October_1941
Petropavlovsk-class battleship
Moonzunda [Armored Cruiser "Bayan" and her Offspring. From Port Artur to Moonsund.] (in Russian). Yauza / EKSMO. ISBN 978-5-699-51559-2. Westwood, J. N.
Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894)
Russian_battleship_Petropavlovsk_(1894)
Military unit
ordered the Baltic Islands to be reinforced During the Soviet Moonsund Landing Operation, the 23rd Infantry Division was backed by miscellaneous Kriegsmarine
218th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
218th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
British naval officer, yachtsman, author
sank six ships, mainly in the Skagerrak Strait. These include the tanker Moonsund, the merchant ship Florida, the minesweepers H. M. Behrens and Carsten
Bill King (Royal Navy officer)
Bill_King_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Island in Estonia
Osmussaar many vessels sailed to Rohuküla of Haapsalu to support the Moonsund Landing Operation on the occupied Hiiumaa and Saaremaa islands. On 4 October the
Osmussaar
Soviet destroyer
from German air attack as she was departing the area. While steaming from Moonsund to Tallinn on 27 August, the detonation of a mine in her paravanes caused
Soviet destroyer Surovy (1940)
Soviet_destroyer_Surovy_(1940)
Military unit
9 August 1944. Narva Offensive (July 1944) Tallinn Offensive Moonsund Landing Operation During the war, the 13th Air Army made 120,000 sorties. Ten units
76th_Air_Army
Russian Storozhevoy-class destroyer
30 June, escorting the cruiser Kirov through Moonsund. Stoyky grounded her right propeller in Moonsund on 12 July, knocking its shaft out of alignment
Soviet destroyer Stoyky (1938)
Soviet_destroyer_Stoyky_(1938)
Soviet Storozhevoy-class destroyer
Tallinn. From 13 July, again with Svirepy and Strashny, she operated in Moonsund and the Gulf of Riga, fighting off repeated German air attacks. On 23 July
Soviet_destroyer_Smely_(1939)
Destroyer of the Soviet Navy
Kuivastu, Estonia, on the 27th and then helped to escort Kirov through the Moonsund archipelago to Tallinn, Estonia, three days later as the Soviets evacuated
Soviet_destroyer_Grozyashchy
438. ISBN 1-85044-275-4. "The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945, Chapter V: Operations in the Persian Gulf". www.ibiblio.org. Retrieved 25 August 2026. "Hohenfels"
List of shipwrecks in August 1941
List_of_shipwrecks_in_August_1941
Wrecksite. Retrieved 2 November 2011. "War diary German Naval Staff Operations Division, April 1940". Retrieved 25 April 2020. "Norwegian Homefleet -
List of shipwrecks in April 1940
List_of_shipwrecks_in_April_1940
Soviet Storozhevoy-class destroyer
more sorties to Moonsund and the Gulf of Riga, but had her screw damaged by grounding or contact with a shipwreck near shoals in Moonsund. She was sent
Soviet_destroyer_Silny
Destroyer of the Soviet Navy
Kuivastu, Estonia, on the 27th and then helped to escort Kirov through the Moonsund archipelago to Tallinn, Estonia, three days later as the Soviets evacuated
Soviet destroyer Smetlivy (1937)
Soviet_destroyer_Smetlivy_(1937)
Soviet Navy's Gnevny-class destroyer
explosion of two mines. The destroyer subsequently fought in the defense of Moonsund and Tallinn, Estonia, as German ground forces advanced northward, as well
Soviet_destroyer_Gordy_(1937)
Sidewheel steamer built for a Russian shipping company, later minesweeper
without its twin No. 18), immediately set out to the port of Rohuküla in the Moonsund Archipelago. This group (numbers 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, Zapal, and Kapsiul)
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