Operation Nordwind (1941)

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"Operation North Wind" was also a German offensive on the Western Front in 1945, see Operation Nordwind

Operation North Wind (Unternehmen Nordwind) was a joint German-Finnish naval operation in the Baltic Sea in 1941, in the course of World War II. The operation itself was a distracting manoeuvre so that another German force could occupy the Estonian islands of Hiiumaa and Saaremaa without the interference of the Soviet Red Fleet.

The operation suffered a major setback when the Finnish coastal defence ship Ilmarinen ran into a minefield and sank. It is uncertain if the Soviets ever noticed the fleet as they never responded.

[edit] See also

• Operation Barbarossa
• Army Group North
• German Navy
• Baltic Sea Campaigns (1939-1945)

[edit] References

• Operation Nordwind