title: Antisubmarine Warfare of the German and Finnish Navy in the Gulf of Finland in 1943
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metadata.value: Morozov, M. E.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-01-17T12:10:07Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-01-17T12:10:07Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Morozov M. E. ‘Antisubmarine Warfare of the German and Finnish Navy in the Gulf of Finland in 1943’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 8, no. 4, 2018, pp. 854–867.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu24.2018.404
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15280
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article explores actions taken by the German and Finnish Navies for improving anti-submarine
  warfare (ASW) in the Gulf of Finland in 1943. After active operations by Soviet submarines in the Baltic Sea in
  1942, and with Hitler’s approval in the spring of 1943, the Axis ASW system in the Gulf of Finland was radically
  reorganized. The main efforts were concentrated on the Naissaar-Porkkala frontier, the basis of which was a double
  network fence, exposed in the narrowest place of the bay from shore to shore and to full depth. The second
  frontier, the Gogland, was established in the immediate vicinity of the advanced Soviet maneuvering base on
  Lavensari island, 100 miles east of the first line. In the middle of the Gulf, Finnish and German naval search groups
  constantly operated, supported by anti-submarine aircraft. Two of the three submarines of the 1st echelon of the
  Baltic Fleet, deployed between May 7 and 31, were sunk when they tried to penetrate the enemy's ASW, while the
  third was forced to return. Between July 26 and August 13, a second breakout attempt was made, but both submarines
  deployed were sunk by mines. On August 28, the commander of the Leningrad Front, Colonel-General
  L. A. Govorov, decided to stop further attempts at breakout. Thus, the enemy was able to protect communications
  from attacks by Soviet submarines for a year and a half before Finland left the war. This had a negative impact on
  the course of the Second World War in Europe, since it facilitated the supply of the Swedish economy with the
  Swedish iron ore and rear support of German military forces in Northern Finland and near Leningrad.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 8; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: World War II
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: 1943
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: struggle at sea
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: submarine warfare
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: anti-submarine warfare
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: maritime transport
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Antisubmarine Warfare of the German and Finnish Navy in the Gulf of Finland in 1943
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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