Operation Albion

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In 1918, after three years of incessant war, the Germans’ objective was clear: to free up Eastern troops and send them west before the Entente's new partner, the United States, could change the tide of the war. To achieve this, Germany planned Operation Albion, an attack on the Russian-occupied Baltic islands.

After the revolutionary turmoil in Russia during the early part of 1917, the German High Command believed that capturing the islands would outflank the already suffering Russian defenses and leave the capital of Petrograd vulnerable to attack, forcing the fractured nation into surrendering.

Months later, as World War 1 wound down, the Germans finally launched their planned assault on the Baltic Islands.

And despite not having any previous experience with joint Navy and Army operations, nor any sort of established amphibious doctrine, they were ready to give it their all…

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