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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...
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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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    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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    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 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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    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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    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 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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    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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  • 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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    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 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 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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  • 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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    Convoys PQ 9/10 (1–10 February 1942) was an Arctic convoy sent from Britain via Iceland by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second...
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    Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in late December...
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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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    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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  • Soviet ship 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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  • Operation Ostfront (category Arctic convoys of World War II)
    the sortie into the Arctic Ocean by the German battleship Scharnhorst during World War II. This operation culminated in the sinking of Scharnhorst. Soon...
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  • the Arctic Ocean by warships of the Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine (German navy) during the Second World War. The operation culminated in the Battle of the...
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    Convoy PQ 12 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 1942,...
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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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  • Richard Baker (broadcaster) (category Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II)
    2015 he was awarded the Ushakov Medal for his service in the Arctic convoys of World War II. After graduating from Cambridge University, Baker worked as...
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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 World War II. It sailed in late December...
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  • of verification and validation Plastoquinone, a molecule involved in photosynthesis PQ International, a polo magazine PQ, outbound Arctic convoys of World...
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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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    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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  • describes the history of Convoy PQ 17, one of the Arctic convoys of World War II. The book includes description of the hunt for the Bismarck and other events...
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