Operation Tanne Ost
| Operation Tanne Ost | |||||||
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| Part of the Lapland War of World War II | |||||||
Location of Åland, Suursaari, and Kronstadt. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Germany |
Finland Air support: Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Karl-Conrad Mecke | Martti Miettinen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,700 |
1,612 10 Ilyushin Il-2 3 Tupolev SB | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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153 KIA 1,231 POWs 3 landing crafts (F-822, F-866 & F-173) 3 patrol boats (B-1, B-31 & B-35) 1 minesweeper (R-29) 1 tugboat (Pernau) 2 Halftrucks, 1 light armoured car and a few trucks |
36 KIA 67 WIA 8 MIA 2 patrol boats (VMV 10 & VMV 14) 2 Il-2 and 1 SB | ||||||
Operation Tanne Ost ("Fir East") was a German operation during World War II to capture the island Suursaari (Swedish: Hogland; Russian: Гогланд, romanized: Gogland) in the Gulf of Finland before it could fall into Soviet hands. Suursaari was especially important because it worked as a lock in the Finnish Gulf guarding the minefields keeping the Soviet Baltic Fleet in Kronstadt.