Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union)

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formation of the Soviet Navy naval fleet

The Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) was the Soviet Navy’s principal naval force in the Baltic Sea, playing a key role in coastal defense, maritime operations, and World War II combat against German forces.

Aliases (5)
  • Baltic Fleet ×3
  • Russian Baltic Fleet ×3
  • Baltic Fleet (Russian Federation) ×1
  • Baltic Fleet sailors ×1
  • Soviet Baltic Fleet ×1
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf formation of the Soviet Navy →
naval fleet →
activeDuring Cold War →
World War II →
interwar period →
alliance Warsaw Pact →
conflict Cold War naval confrontations →
Winter War →
World War II →
controlledBy Ministry of Defense of the USSR →
Ministry of the Navy of the USSR →
People's Commissariat of the Navy of the USSR →
country Soviet Union →
followedBy Baltic Fleet (Russian Federation) →
garrison Baltiysk →
Kronstadt →
Leningrad →
Liepāja →
Tallinn →
headquartersLocation Kronstadt →
Leningrad →
notableOperation Leningrad–Novgorod offensive support →
Moonsund Archipelago operations →
defense of Tallinn 1941 →
evacuation of Tallinn 1941 →
operatedIn Baltic Sea →
opponent Kriegsmarine →
Nazi Germany →
partOf Soviet Navy →
precededBy Baltic Fleet (Russian Empire) →
role amphibious warfare →
coastal defense →
maritime operations →
serviceBranch Soviet Armed Forces →
stationedIn Estonian SSR →
Kaliningrad Oblast →
Latvian SSR →
Leningrad Oblast →
Lithuanian SSR →
subunit coastal defense troops →
naval aviation →
naval infantry →
submarine forces →
surface ship forces →
usedFor convoy escort →
defense of Leningrad →
minelaying →
submarine warfare →
support of ground forces →
Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Baltic campaign ("Russian Baltic Fleet") →
Kronstadt rebellion ("Baltic Fleet sailors") →
participant
East Prussian Offensive ("Soviet Baltic Fleet") →
carriedOutBy
Soviet Navy ("Baltic Fleet") →
component
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ("Baltic Fleet") →
cooperatedWith
Battle of Tsushima ("Russian Baltic Fleet") →
fleetInvolved
Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) ("Baltic Fleet (Russian Federation)") →
followedBy
Russian Navy ("Baltic Fleet") →
hasBranch
GermanArmyGroupNorth →
opponent
Kronstadt ("Russian Baltic Fleet") →
usedBy
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