Joseph stalin biography ww2 submarines
The Party is in favor of small submarines with a short range..
Between and , the Soviets built more than 50 submarines per year, finally reaching a number greater than Admiral Karl Döenitz had ever commanded during.
Orzeł incident
1939 diplomatic crisis between Estonia and USSR
"Orzeł" redirects here. For other uses, see Orzeł (disambiguation).
Coverage of the Orzeł incident in Estonian newspaper Uus Eesti | |
| Date | 18 September 1939 |
|---|---|
| Location | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Cause | Polish submarine interned by neutral Estonia |
| Outcome | Polish submarine escapes |
| 2 Estonian guards captured[Note 1] | |
| Submarine Orzeł damaged | |
The Orzeł incident[1] occurred at the beginning ofWorld War II in September 1939, when the interned PolishsubmarineORP Orzeł escaped from Tallinn, in neutralEstonia, to the United Kingdom.
Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union used the incident as one of the pretexts to justify its eventual military invasion and occupation ofEstonia in June 1940.
Background
Orzeł was docked at Oksywie when Nazi Germanyattacked Poland and began World War II.
The submarine at first took part in Operation Worek but withdrew from the Polish coast on 4 Sep