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The S-class or Srednyaya (Russian: Средняя, "medium") submarines were part of the Soviet Navy's underwater fleet during World War II. Unofficially nicknamed Stalinets ( Russian : Сталинец , "follower of Stalin "; not to be confused with the submarine L-class L-2 Stalinets of 1931), boats of this class were the most successful and ...
On the night of 15/16 April, German destroyer Z-34 was attacked and torpedoed by Soviet motor torpedo boats in the bay of Danzig: [17] the attack was performed by TK-131 and TK-141. The ship received temporary repairs and with the surrender of Germany was transferred to the United States Navy that deemed the ship unworth of further repair and ...
This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic , where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain ...
The Project 670 Skat submarine (NATO classification Charlie class) was a nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine built for the Soviet Navy and later operated by the Russian Navy. All Charlie I/II-class submarines are decommissioned. One Charlie-class submarine was used for testing an Oniks missile.
The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...
Soviet Baltic Sea submarine campaign in 1944; Soviet Navy surface raids on Western Black Sea; Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1941) Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1942) Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1943) Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1944) Battle of Sukho Island
The Soviet Baltic Fleet was the largest of the four fleets which made up the Soviet Navy during World War II, and was commanded by Vladimir Tributs throughout the war. Though initially having bases only in the eastern corner of the Gulf of Finland, the Red Banner Baltic Fleet was the largest naval power in the Baltic Sea.
German Type IIB submarine U-9, re-assembled for the Kriegsmarine at the Galați shipyard. As Turkey was neutral during World War II, the Axis could not transfer warships to the Black Sea via the Bosphorus. The Montreux Convention, signed only a few years earlier, allowed Turkey to close the straits to all military traffic. [2]