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Naval regions and districts were the official shore establishment of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.The Kriegsmarine shore establishment was divided into four senior regional commands, who were in turn subordinated to the operational Navy Group commanders who commanded all sea and shore naval forces within a particular geographical region. [1]
The Atlantic Wall (German: Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticipated Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe from the United Kingdom, during World War II.
The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight, off the southern English coast. Painting by James E. Buttersworth. The Maritime history of Europe represents the era of recorded human interaction with the sea in the northwestern region of Eurasia in areas that include shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval battles, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to ...
At the start of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, [1] with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across the globe. [2] It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines. [2]
In Europe, the war ended for the Royal Navy with the surrender of the German U-boat fleet by Karl Dönitz on 4 May. Already agreed the previous year, the British Pacific Fleet became part of the US 5th Fleet in the Pacific in March as Task Force 57 [21] and was entrusted with flank defence during Operation Iceberg.
European Coastal [1] Code Route First sailing Last sailing No. run Notes BB Belfast or River Clyde to Bristol Channel: 1940 Belfast, 1945 Clyde 1943 Belfast, 1945 Clyde BC Bristol Channel to Bay of Biscay: outward and return convoys used same number BD White Sea to Dikson Island: September 1943 BK White Sea to Kola Inlet: Summer 1941 BTC
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.