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
A depth-charge explosion near Convoy PQ 18
Photograph of a German Enigma coding machine
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
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
Convoy PQ 18
…on Luftwaffe wireless communications. The German B-Dienst code-breakers read some British signals and the Luftwaffe used the lull in convoys after Convoy PQ 17 (27 June – 10 July) to prepare a maximum effort with the Kriegsmarine. From 12 to 21 September Convoy PQ 18 was attacked by bombers, torpedo-bombers…
Escorts and merchant ships at Hvalfjörður May 1942 before the sailing of Convoy PQ 17.
A Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor of KG 40
Example of a Heinkel He 59 search and rescue aircraft (1940)