Battle of Someri

Battle of Someri
Part of Continuation War

Finnish gunboat Uusimaa
Date8–10 July 1942
(2 days)
Location60°12′25″N 27°38′35″E / 60.207°N 27.643°E / 60.207; 27.643
Result Finnish victory
Belligerents
 Finland
 Germany
 Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Finland Veikko Rauhaniemi Soviet Union Gordey Levchenko
Strength
277 men, 11 boats 313 men, 30 boats
Casualties and losses
23 killed
68 wounded
2 gunboats damaged
2 minesweepers damaged[1][2]
7 patrol boats sunk[Notes 1]
5 aircraft shot down
128 killed
149 captured
200 drowned
1 gunboat damaged
1 minesweeper damaged
11 patrol boats damaged[1]

The Battle of Someri took place in the Gulf of Finland during World War II on 8–9 July 1942, between the Soviet Union and Finland. Starting as a modest operation to clear a Finnish observation post from a small island, it became one of the largest surface ship engagements in the Baltic theater.

  1. ^ a b Solomon, B. (1997). "Погибший десант". Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ^ Kijanen, Kalervo (1968). Suomen Laivasto 1918–1968 II. Helsinki: Meriupseeriyhdistys/Otava.


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