Atlas of Battles

contested ground, 3 engagements

Baltic Sea: contested ground

The ground around Baltic Sea was fought over 3 times between 1917 and 1944: 1 battle, 1 naval action and 1 campaign, in 2 different wars. All 3 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Operation BeowulfMoonsund Landing OperationOperation AlbionOperation AlbionStockholmTallinnTartuPärnuVentspilsVisbyKohtla-JärveSlantsy200 km58.500N, 23.000E
3 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Operation Albion, 1917Operation Beowulf, 1941Moonsund Landing Operation, 194419171944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
29 September 1917Operation AlbionBaltic SeaWorld War I
1941Operation BeowulfSaaremaaWorld War II
29 September 1944Moonsund Landing OperationWest Estonian archipelagoWorld War II

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.