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    Väinameri (redirect from Moonsund)
    runs east–west between Hiiumaa and the port of Rohuküla on the mainland. Moonsund Regatta "The Väinameri Sea". Estonica. Eesti Instituut. Retrieved 16 June...
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    The Moonsund landing operation (Russian: Моонзундская десантная операция; Estonian: Lääne-Eesti saarte kaitsmine; Swedish: Moonsund Invasionen), also...
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    West Estonian archipelago (Estonian: Lääne-Eesti saarestik, also Moonsund archipelago) is a group of Estonian islands located in the Baltic Sea around...
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    Moonsund Regatta (Estonian: Muhu väina regatt) is a sailing competition that takes place on Väinameri (Moonsund) in Estonia. First Regatta took place...
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    (as of January 2020). The main island of the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island...
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  • exploratory mining company Operation Beowulf, two German plans to occupy the Moonsund archipelago during World War II SMS Beowulf, a German Siegfried-class coastal...
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    of the front, along with the Baltic fleet, took part in recapturing the Moonsund archipelago. These were the last offensive operations of the front. Forces...
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    Peninsula, one during the Caucasus Campaign and one as part of the Landing at Moonsund, in the Baltic. During the war, five brigades and two battalions of naval...
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  • Army went on to take the remaining West Estonian islands (Moonsund archipelago) in the Moonsund Landing Operation, an amphibious attack. Overall, the Baltic...
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    North). The division participated in the occupation of Tallinn and the Moonsund Archipelago. After the fall of Tallinn the Germans had to clear the Baltic...
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    house. The island is divided from mainland Estonia by the Suur Strait (Moonsund) and from Saaremaa by the Väike Strait. It is linked by ferry to Virtsu...
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    Battle of Târgu Frumos Baltic Offensive Riga Offensive Tallinn Offensive Moonsund Landing Operation Courland Pocket Vistula-Oder Offensive Lower Silesian...
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    the Leningrad Front to drive German forces from mainland Estonia. The Moonsund Landing Operation (Russian: Моонзундская десантная операция) (27 September–24...
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    east of Hiiumaa island, and is part of the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago). Administratively the island forms the main part of the Vormsi...
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    large area was entirely flat, forming the lowlands of West Estonia and the Moonsund archipelago. The scarps of the Ösel and Moon islands and those in the western...
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    Baltic Offensive Riga Offensive (1944) Tallinn Offensive Battle of Porkuni Moonsund Landing Operation Battle of Memel Belgrade Offensive Operation Nordlicht...
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    Peninsula, one during the Caucasus Campaign and one as part of the Landing at Moonsund, in the Baltic. During the war, five brigades and two battalions of naval...
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    1917, the Imperial German Army occupied the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), including the larger islands of Saaremaa (Ösel), Hiiumaa...
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  • Schlacht von Tehumardi) was a battle on October 8, 1944 related to the Moonsund Operation during World War II. Soviet soldiers fought German troops occupying...
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    :The Soviets capture entire mainland Estonia. 29: Soviet forces begin the Moonsund Landing Operation to capture the West Estonian archipelago from German...
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  • Sino-Japanese War ended in Japanese victory. The Baltic Offensive and the Moonsund Landing Operation ended in Soviet victory. The government of Ferenc Szálasi...
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    Type 39s began bombarding Soviet positions in October during the Soviet Moonsund Landing Operation as the Germans began evacuating the islands off the west...
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    8th Army went on to take the remaining West Estonian archipelago in the Moonsund Landing Operation. The Baltic Offensive resulted in the expulsion of the...
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    Viborg, Tallinn, (Estonia), Riga, (Latvia), the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), Helsinki, (Finland), and Turku. The first claimed victories...
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  • occurred during 1958 in Estonia. 1st Moonsund Regatta took place. 9 August – Arvo Kukumägi, actor (d. 2017) "Moonsund Regatta - background". www.muhuväin...
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    end, the Admiralstab (the Navy High Command) planned an operation in the Moonsund archipelago, particularly targeting the Russian gun batteries on the Sworbe...
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  • Parish church. The three German divisions in the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago) resisted until 23 November 1944. According to Soviet data...
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    retreat from Estonia. Resistance against the Soviets continued in the Moonsund Archipelago until November 23, 1944, when the Germans evacuated the Sõrve...
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    to destroy the Russian Army and occupy the West Estonian Archipelago (Moonsund Archipelago). The Germans captured the archipelago, with its main islands...
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    Moonzunda [Armored Cruiser "Bayan" and her Offspring. From Port Artur to Moonsund.] (in Russian). Moscow: Yauza / EKSMO. ISBN 978-5-699-51559-2. Westwood...
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