Battle of the Gulf of Riga 1915
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 20 August 1915 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1915 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | World War I era (1914–1918) | derived from year |
| Nearest landmass | At sea (nearest continent: Europe) | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I, World War I | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | German Empire, Russian Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 57.7500, 23.5000 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of the Gulf of Riga was a World War I naval operation of the German High Seas Fleet against the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea in August 1915. The operation's objective was to destroy the Russian naval forces in the Gulf in preparation for landing German troops to facilitate the fall of Riga in the later stages of the Central Powers' offensive on the Eastern Front in 1915. The German fleet, however, failed to achieve its objective and was forced to return to its bases; Riga remained in Russian hands until it fell to the German Army on 1 September 1917.
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