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The Battle of Hanko (also known as the Hanko front or the siege of Hanko) was a lengthy series of small battles fought on Hanko Peninsula during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union in the second half of 1941. As both sides were eager to avoid a major, costly ground battle, fighting took the form of trench warfare, with ...
A plaque at the Hanko town hall commemorating the Swedish Volunteer Battalion. The Swedish Volunteer Battalion (Swedish: Svenska frivilligbataljonen, SFB) or the Hanko Battalion was a Swedish military unit consisting of 1,000 volunteers, including 800 Swedes, which participated in the siege of the Soviet naval fleet in the Battle of Hanko during the Continuation War of Finland.
This line was not fully completed at the beginning of the Continuation War and remained unused at the Battle of Hanko. But the existence of this defense line made it possible to transfer troops from the Hanko area to the east in July–August 1941. Major Komola was responsible for the construction of this line.
Hanko Naval Base was a short-lived Soviet naval base on the southern coast of Finland, operational for less than two years in the early 1940s. The base was located in the town of Hanko on the Hanko Peninsula , which is located 100 kilometers (62 mi) from Helsinki , the Finnish capital.
John Gibson (May 23, 1740 – April 10, 1822) was a veteran of the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War, the American Revolutionary War, Tecumseh's War, and the War of 1812. A delegate to the first Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1790, and a merchant, he earned a reputation as a frontier leader and had good relations with many ...
As a result of the Moscow Peace Treaty, Finland lost the city and port of Hanko to the Soviet Union. The port was used as a base by the Soviet Baltic Fleet from which they could dominate the Gulf of Finland. When the Continuation War broke out in 1941, Finnish forces besieged Hanko.
In 1939, the city had a population of 24,000 people, most of whom were Filipinos, along with other nationalities, including about 500 Japanese. [13] Following the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1941, the Japanese used Camp John Hay, an American installation in Baguio, as a military base. [13]
The Battle of Gangut (Russian: Гангутское сражение; Finnish: Riilahden taistelu; Finland Swedish: Slaget vid Rilax; Swedish: Sjöslaget vid Hangö udd) took place on 27 July Jul. / 7 August 1714 Greg. during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the ...