By the Editor – readers will recall turmoil has been the Baltic’s lot with barely a pause between the two World Wars (NR107/1–3 Forgotten History The RN in the Baltic 1919). The author, in a serialised account, looks at tragedy in the Baltic in the Second World War that too often is forgotten – history that has shaped the nations of that littoral ever since. Introduction During the Second World War, the Baltic would play host to many of the key military events of both the Western and Eastern Fronts. It was also the site of several of the world’s worst maritime disasters, which remain comparati…
