Convoy PQ 17
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Convoy PQ 17 was an Allied Arctic convoy during the Second World War. The convoy was the first large joint Anglo–American naval operation under British command. The ships sailed from Hvalfjörður, Icel
Escorts and merchant ships at Hvalfjörður May 1942 before the sailing of Convoy PQ 17.
An Enigma coding machine
A Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor of KG 40
Example of a Heinkel He 59 search and rescue aircraft (1940)
Convoy PQ 18
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Convoy PQ 18 was an Arctic convoy of forty Allied freighters from Scotland and Iceland to Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The convoy departed Loch Ewe, Scotland on 2 Septe
Convoy PQ 17
…Western Allies. When the head of the Soviet Military Mission in London, Admiral Nikolay Kharlamov and the Soviet ambassador, Ivan Maisky, asked when Convoy PQ 18 would sail, Pound said nothing could be done until better air cover was arranged – after which Kharlamov criticised the order to withdraw the cruisers…
A depth-charge explosion near Convoy PQ 18
A Handley Page Hampden TB Mark I sweeps over an armed German supply ship off Egero, Norway (29 January 1943).
Blohm und Voss BV 138 reconnaissance flying boat