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...
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This is a List of Allied convoys during World War II by region. Hague 2000a, pp. 120–122. "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2 at Sea, April 1940". Archived...
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Arctic naval operations of World War II were the World War II naval operations that took place in the Arctic Ocean, and can be considered part of the...
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Convoy PQ 17 was the penultimate of the PQ/QP series of arctic convoys, bound from British ports through the Arctic Ocean via Reykjavík to the White Sea...
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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...
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British Commonwealth forces who served on the Arctic Convoys north of the Arctic Circle, during the Second World War. On 8 July 1943, the 1939–43 Star (later...
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(1993) [1992]. Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941–1945 (2nd rev. enl. ed.). Kendal: World Ship Society...
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each was designated by a two- or three letter code. List of Allied convoys during World War II by region provides additional information. A - B - C - D...
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Convoy PQ 1 was the first of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War to have the code prefix PQ, which was chosen from the initials of Commander Phillip...
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Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface...
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Arctic convoys of war materiel from the western Allies to the Soviet Union, was brought to battle and sunk by the Royal Navy's battleship HMS Duke of...
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Convoy PQ 11 (14–22 February 1942) was an Arctic convoy sent from Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The...
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Convoy PQ 2 (17–30 October 1941) was the third of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War by which the Western Allies supplied the Soviet Union after...
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Convoy PQ 14 was an Arctic convoy sent from Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Convoys from Britain had...
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Convoy QP 11 was an Arctic Convoy of World War II, made up of merchant ships returning from the Soviet Union to Britain after delivering their cargo to...
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PQ 13 was a British Arctic convoy that delivered war supplies from the Western Allies to the USSR during World War II. The convoy was subject to attack...
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Convoy JW 58 was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in March 1944,...
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Richard (2004) [1994]. Arctic Convoys 1941–1945. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-7195-5752-1. Schofield, B. B. (1964). The Russian Convoys. British battles...
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Convoy QP 13 was an Arctic convoy of the PQ/QP series which ran during the Second World War. It was the thirteenth of the numbered series of convoys of...
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Convoy PQ 12 was an Arctic convoy sent from Reykjavík in Iceland by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. It sailed 1...
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LÉ Maev (category Former naval ships of the Republic of Ireland)
was launched in August 1941 as HMS Oxlip, and served on the Arctic convoys during World War II. Maev was commissioned into Irish service in December 1946...
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The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement on 31 December 1942 between warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships...
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Convoy PQ 8 (8–17 January 1942) was an Arctic convoy of the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The convoy left Iceland...
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MV Stary Bolshevik (category World War II merchant ships of the Soviet Union)
took part in several Arctic convoys of World War II as a general-purpose cargo ship. For the heroic actions while taking part in Convoy PQ 16 the ship was...
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Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic convoy sent from United Kingdom by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. It sailed in late...
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Operation FB (category Arctic convoys of World War II)
– 9 November 1942) took place as part of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War. The operation consisted of independent sailings by unescorted merchant...
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Severodvinsk (category Arctic convoys of World War II)
(meaning "Northern Dvina town"). During World War II, a significant portion of the materials delivered by the Arctic Convoys to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk for the...
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(1993) [1992]. Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941–1945 (2nd rev. enl. ed.). Kendal: World Ship Society...
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Convoy QP 1 (28 September – 19 October 1941) was the first of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War by which the Allies brought back ships that begun...
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