Baltic Sea campaigns (World War II)

Baltic Sea campaigns of World War II
	Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
Date	1939 – 1945
Location	Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Bothnia, lakes of Ladoga and Onega
Result	Allied victory; Fall of Nazi Germany & End of World War II in Europe
Belligerents
Allies Soviet Union (from 1941) ; Finland (from 1944) ; Poland (1939);	Axis Nazi Germany ; Finland (until 1944) ; Fascist Italy (until 1943) ; ; Soviet Union (1939);

The Baltic Sea campaigns of the Second World War were military engagements between the Axis and Allied countries, primarily the Soviet Union (Allies) and Nazi Germany (Axis). Starting from 1939, when Germany Invaded Poland and ending in 1945, when the war was over in Europe. Two main belligerents were: Kriegsmarine and the Soviet Navy. Finland initially supported the Germans during the Finnish–Soviet Continuation War, but later they lost the war so they changed sides and joined alongside the Allies (Soviets) against the Nazis (see Lapland War).

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