evacuation of Tallinn 1941

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The evacuation of Tallinn in 1941 was a major World War II Soviet naval operation in which forces and civilians were withdrawn from the besieged Estonian capital across the Baltic Sea under heavy German and Finnish attack, resulting in severe losses.

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evacuation of Tallinn 1941 canonical 1
siege of Tallinn 1941 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet naval operation
World War II military operation
naval evacuation operation
alsoKnownAs Tallinn breakout
Tallinn disaster
belligerent Finland
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
cause German advance in the Baltic region
evacuation of Tallinn 1941 self-linksurface differs
surface form: siege of Tallinn 1941
civilianCasualtiesEstimate over 10000
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Finland
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1941-08-31
historicalSignificance one of the heaviest naval losses in the Baltic Sea during World War II
location Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Tallinn
militaryCasualtiesEstimate several thousand
notableShipSunk Soviet hospital ship Viro
Soviet passenger ship Estonia (1940s)
Soviet hospital ship Viro
surface form: Soviet passenger ship Vironia
numberOfShipsInConvoy over 200
objective evacuate Soviet civilians from Tallinn
withdraw Soviet forces from Tallinn
opponent Finnish Navy
Kriegsmarine
Luftwaffe
participant Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet Army units

Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union)
surface form: Soviet Baltic Fleet

Soviet civilians
Soviet merchant shipping
surface form: Soviet merchant marine
partOf World War II in the Baltic Sea
surface form: Baltic Sea campaigns of World War II

Eastern Front of World War II
relatedEvent Operation Barbarossa
surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)

Siege of Leningrad
surface form: siege of Leningrad
result German and Finnish victory
Soviet tactical failure
shipsLost over 60
startDate 1941-08-27
strategicConsequence loss of Tallinn as Soviet naval base
severe reduction of Soviet Baltic Fleet strength
tacticsUsedByAxis aerial bombardment
naval mines
torpedo attacks
tacticsUsedBySoviets convoy formation
mine sweeping
night passage

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Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) notableOperation evacuation of Tallinn 1941
evacuation of Tallinn 1941 cause evacuation of Tallinn 1941 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: siege of Tallinn 1941