destiple
Banned
Following barbarossa and the danger of leningrad falling into german hands,stalin orders the soviet navy to breakout of the baltic and give battle (lets just ignore the political implications and the destination of the red baltic fleet )
By sept 1941 the number of sea-worthy soviet warships are
battleships
marat
october revolution
cruisers
kirov
maxim gorkii(mine damage on 23 june to bows still not totally operational)
destroyer-leaders
leningrad
minsk
destroyers
about 15
submarines 30
MTBs approx 40
the red naval airforce had about 300 aircraft on 22june by sept roughly half would have been lost.
The axis forces are
GERMANY
tirpitz
admiral scheer
lutzow(torpedo damaged on 12june not fully repaired)
admiral hipper
koln/nurnberg/leipzig/emden
5 destroyers
12 S-boats
6 U-boats
old BBs schleisen and S.holstein
FINLAND
2 coastal battleships
5 submarines
5 MTBs
the luftwaffe at that time had about 100 bombers(ju-87/88 and he-111) operational in scandanavia backed by some 50 fighters
Finnish AF had 120 aircrafts mostly fighters
The gulf of finland and the surrounding seas were heavily mined by germans/finns.
What should have been the likely outcome of such a battle?
By sept 1941 the number of sea-worthy soviet warships are
battleships
marat
october revolution
cruisers
kirov
maxim gorkii(mine damage on 23 june to bows still not totally operational)
destroyer-leaders
leningrad
minsk
destroyers
about 15
submarines 30
MTBs approx 40
the red naval airforce had about 300 aircraft on 22june by sept roughly half would have been lost.
The axis forces are
GERMANY
tirpitz
admiral scheer
lutzow(torpedo damaged on 12june not fully repaired)
admiral hipper
koln/nurnberg/leipzig/emden
5 destroyers
12 S-boats
6 U-boats
old BBs schleisen and S.holstein
FINLAND
2 coastal battleships
5 submarines
5 MTBs
the luftwaffe at that time had about 100 bombers(ju-87/88 and he-111) operational in scandanavia backed by some 50 fighters
Finnish AF had 120 aircrafts mostly fighters
The gulf of finland and the surrounding seas were heavily mined by germans/finns.
What should have been the likely outcome of such a battle?