MS Togo was a German merchant ship that was launched in 1938. Requisitioned by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine as Schiff 14, in April 1940 she participated in the invasion of Norway; in August 1940 was co
Displaced Persons about to board HNoMS Svalbard (ex-Togo) in Genoa, Italy, in December 1948 for resettlement in Australia
Badge of NJL Togo
A Würzburg radar, similar to the one aboard Togo
Model of the Norwegian troopship Svalbard (ex-Togo) at Bergenhus Fortress Museum
Helsinki, the capital of Finland, was bombed repeatedly during World War II. Between 1939 and 1944, Finland was subjected to a number of bombing campaigns by the Soviet Union. The largest were three r
German night fighter direction vessel Togo
…October 1943, Togo cruised the Baltic Sea under the operational control of the Luftwaffe's 22/Luftnachrichten Regiment 222. In March 1944, after the three great Soviet bombing raids on Helsinki, she arrived in the Gulf of Finland to provide night fighter cover for Tallinn and Helsinki. Near the end of the war, Togo took part in the evacuation…
Bofors anti-aircraft gun firing at enemy bombers. Taivaskallio, Helsinki. November 1942
An 88 mm AA-gun at the Finnish anti-aircraft museum.
Search lights at the Finnish anti-aircraft museum.
A Soviet DB-3, used extensively by the Soviet air force in the opening stages of the Winter War.