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Convoy PQ 9
Convoys PQ 9/10 (1–10 February 1942) was an Arctic convoy sent from Britain via Iceland by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The departure of Convoy PQ 9 on 17 January had been delayed after the Admiralty received reports of a sortie by the German battleship . Delays and other problems affected the ships due to form Convoy PQ 10 and rather than wait for the convoy to assemble, the freighter ''Trevorian'' sailed with Convoy PQ 9, which was renamed Convoy PQ 9/10. The convoy comprised three British, four Soviet, one US, one Norway, Norwegian and one ship registered in Panama. The convoy was escorted from Iceland by three trawlers, then the light cruiser and the destroyers and . Close escort was by the Norwegian armed whalers and . On 7 February two Royal Navy minesweepers joined the convoy, which arrived safely in Murmansk. Background Lend-lease After Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the USSR, began on 22 June 1941, the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
