No 30076
Military heritage
Military heritage Latvia, Kurzeme, Ventspils

The No. 46 Coastal Defence Battery of Ventspils

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11/10/2009
Normunds Smaļinskis

The No. 46 Coastal Defence Battery

It knocked back an attack against the Ventspils Port by German torpedo boats on June 24, 1941. On June 28, the cannons were blown up on command, and the Soviet military withdrew from Ventspils.