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The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia. There were 78 convoys between August 1941 and May 1945, [1] sailing via several seas of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans ...
replaced OB convoys for non-North American destinations - included KMS convoys detached west of Gibraltar PQ: Iceland to White Sea: 29 September 1941 2 September 1942 18 replaced by JW convoys QP: White Sea to Iceland: 28 September 1941 17 November 1942 15 replaced by RA convoys RA: White Sea to Scotland: 30 December 1942 23 May 1945 17 (# 51-67)
Russian map showing Arctic convoy routes from Britain and Iceland, past Norway to the Barents Sea and northern Russian ports After Operation Barbarossa , the German invasion of the USSR, began on 22 June 1941, the UK and USSR signed an agreement in July that they would "render each other assistance and support of all kinds in the present war ...
Pages in category "North Atlantic convoys of World War II" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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RN Atlantic convoy escort (23 September 1943 – 25 March 1944) RN: HMS Tracker (CVE/BAVG-6/D24) RN Atlantic convoy escort of military convoy from Gibraltar to UK (30 Sept – 7 October 1943) Convoy MKF24 RN: HMS Attacker (CVE-7/D02) Air Squadrons 886 and 879; USN transport of aircraft and aircrews in Pacific (Oct 1943 – September 1945) USN:
The Allied Atlantic Convoy Conference of early 1943 agreed to set up ten groups of anti-submarine warships with an escort carrier in each. Five Anglo-Canadian groups would cover the North Atlantic convoy routes and five US groups would cover the Middle Atlantic UG convoys. [1] As increasing numbers of suitable ships became available to screen ...
Convoy PQ 17 was an Allied Arctic convoy during the Second World War. On 27 June 1942, the ships sailed from Hvalfjörður, Iceland, for the port of Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union. The convoy was located by German forces on 1 July, shadowed and attacked.