on to 5. Eastern Front and Russian Convoys 1942-45

the sheer scale of the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945 ...

..... starting with OPERATION BARBAROSSA - the Axis Invasion of Soviet Russia 22 June 1941

 

The EASTERN FRONT, the RUSSIAN CONVOYS that SAILED, and the REST of the WAR in OUTLINE

JUNE-NOVEMBER 1941

DECEMBER 1941-MAY 1942

Note: HMS Trinidad was damaged by her own torpedo on 29 March 1942, reached Kola Inlet for temporary repairs, and then bombed and sunk on her return journey on 15 May 1942

Rest of the War: Pearl Harbor ..... 'Channel Dash', and Raid on St Nazaire ... Madagascar

JUNE-OCTOBER 1942

Rest of the War: Atlantic ...... Guadalcanal