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The battle of Aa (Swedish: Slaget vid Aa; Russian: Битва на Аа) occurred on 2 August 1656 during the early stages of the Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658.An outnumbered Swedish force of 350–380 cavalry under the command of Generalmajor Streiff defeated a much larger Russian army of 3,500 men, killing their leader in the process.
The Battle of Nöteborg in July 1656 was a naval battle between 250 smaller Russian ships, who had surrounded the city of Nöteborg, and 50 smaller Swedish ships under the command of Carl Gustaf Wrangel during the Russo-Swedish War (1656–58). Few details are known, but it was a Swedish victory.
The Battle of Warsaw (German: Schlacht von Warschau; Polish: Bitwa pod Warszawą; Swedish: Tredagarsslaget vid Warschau) took place near Warsaw on July 28–July 30 [O.S. July 18–20] 1656, between the armies of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden and Brandenburg.
During the two first years, Swedish troops occupied large parts of Poland and the war was almost won. In 1656, Sweden won the battle of Warsaw, but the Polish resistance hardened and the farmers began fighting a guerrilla war against the Swedes. The war did not go well, and in the autumn of 1657, Denmark-Norway declared war against Sweden.
Guided bombs developed during the war made it much easier for aircraft to sink battleships. By the end of the war, battleship construction was all but halted, and almost every existing battleship was retired or scrapped within a few years of its end. The Second World War saw the end of the battleship as the dominant force in the world's navies.
World War II cruisers of Sweden (1 P) Pages in category "World War II naval ships of Sweden" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Swedish naval forces dealt the Russian fleet a devastating defeat that brought an end to the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790). The battle is the biggest Swedish naval victory and the largest naval battle ever in the Baltic Sea. [5] It qualifies among the largest naval battles in history in terms of the number of vessels involved. [6]
Casualties Battle of Ibiza (28–29 February 1780) Location: coast of Ibiza Swedish Navy: United Kingdom: Swedish victory 3 Theatre War 1788–1789 Location: Sweden Sweden. Supported by: United Kingdom Prussia; Denmark–Norway: Status quo ante bellum. Swedish political and diplomatic victory; Danish military victory; 5 Russo-Swedish War (1788 ...