title: Svalbard in the Strategy of the Great Powers During the Second World War (1939– 1945)
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metadata.value: Suprun, M. N.
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metadata.value: 2023-08-17T17:23:29Z
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metadata.value: 2023-08-17T17:23:29Z
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metadata.value: 2023-03
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metadata.value: Suprun M. N. ‘Svalbard in the Strategy of the Great Powers During the Second World War (1939– 1945)’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 13, no. 1, 2023, pp. 8–24. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu24.2023.101 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu24.2023.101
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/43769
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metadata.value: The article deals with the place of Svalbard in the strategy of opposing coalitions during the Second
  World War in the various stages of the war. Since 1939 until the Tehran Conference, the main strategy of the Anti-Hitler Coalition had been the British strategy of “tightening the ring”. Therefore, the Arctic in the frame of this
  strategy was considered to be an important segment of the “ring”, and Svalbard — as the ice shore of the “channel”
  through which the route of the northern convoys ran, and the main battles of the war at sea took place. With
  the adoption of the new coalition strategy of “direct action” in 1943, the role of Svalbard changed accordingly. In
  the global warfare strategy, this role became auxiliary. At the same time, as the war was nearing its end, the archipelago
  obtained a special significance in the national defense doctrines of the circumpolar states as well as in the
  post-war world order, in particular, in the Soviet doctrine of “creating a belt of friendly states” and in the Norwegian
  strategy of “building bridges”. In accordance with the changes in the main coalition strategy and national doctrines
  of the Arctic states, the article examines military operations in the archipelago as well as the policy of these
  states towards Svalbard at the end of war. In this regard, it is noted that during those military operations not only
  the liberation of the Norwegian territory was accomplished but also a direct military cooperation between Norway
  and the USSR. On the basis of the recently declassified documents, the author examines the role of Svalbard in
  the constructing of the post-war Europe, in particular, in solving the so called “Polish question”, in abandoning
  operation “Unthinkable”, and in establishing a zone of “limited forms and purposes for military activity” in Northern
  Norway bordering the USSR.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 13; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Second World War
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: USSR
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Norway
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Svalbard
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Polish question
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: оperation Unthinkable
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metadata.value: Svalbard in the Strategy of the Great Powers During the Second World War (1939– 1945)
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