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The Świna (Pomeranian: Swina, German: Swine) is a central strait, river or a branch of the Oder River out of three straits conecting the Lagoon of Szczecin with the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea, between the islands of Wolin and Uznam. In 1897 the river was dammed and deepened, and the Kaiserfahrt (Kanał Piastowski) was dug, which connected the Świna with the harbor of Stettin (Szczecin), and as such gained import as a direct waterway to the industrial city. The Świna is part of a waterway connecting Szczecin Airport with the Baltic ...

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Bay of Pomerania or Pomeranian Bay (Polish: Zatoka Pomorska; German: Pommersche Bucht) is a basin in the south-western Baltic Sea, off the shores of Poland and Germany. In the south it is separated from the Szczecin Lagoon in the mouth of the Oder River by the islands of Usedom/Uznam and Wolin/Wollin, connected by three straits or branches of the Oder: Dziwna, Świna/Swine and Peene/Piana. The west is limited by the German island of Rügen/Ru ... Including:

• Bay of Pomerania - Tourism links

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Świnoujście (pronounce: [,ɕvinɔ'ujɕtɕȋe], German Swinemünde) is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland, situated on the islands of Uznam and Wolin with about 41,000 inhabitants (2004). It is also a county-status town in the West Pomeranian Voivodship (since 1999), and was previously in the Szczecin Voivodship (1975–1998). Świnoujście - History. Historical population of Świnoujście The river Swina was formerly flanked by the fishing villages of West and Eas ... Including:

• Świnoujście - History

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Usedom (German) / Uznam (Polish) is a Baltic Sea island on the border between Germany and Poland. It is situated north of the Szczecin Bay (Ger: Stettiner Haff, Pol: Zalew Szczeciński) estuary of the Oder (Pol: Odra) river in Pomerania. Most of the island is a part of German Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (district Ostvorpommern) but the city of Świnoujście (Ger. Swinemünde) at the eastern end of the island has belonged to Poland since 1945. Area 445 km²; German part 373 km², Polish part 72 km². Population 76 ...

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The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53 deg. to 66 deg. north latitude and from 20 deg. to 26 deg. east longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainlands of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Öresund, the Great Belt and the Little Belt. Kattegat then continues in the Skagerrak into the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The Baltic Sea is linked to the White Sea by the White Sea Canal and directly to the North Sea by the Ki ... Including:

• Baltic Sea - Name
• Baltic Sea - Etymology
• Baltic Sea - The name in other languages
• Baltic Sea - Geophysical data
• Baltic Sea - Dimensions
• Baltic Sea - Icing in winter
• Baltic Sea - Hydrography
• Baltic Sea - Salinity
• Baltic Sea - Regional emergence
• Baltic Sea - Geographic data
• Baltic Sea - Subdivisions
• Baltic Sea - Land use
• Baltic Sea - Demographics
• Baltic Sea - Geologic history
• Baltic Sea - Prehistory
• Baltic Sea - History
• Baltic Sea - Biology
• Baltic Sea - Economy
• Baltic Sea - Countries
• Baltic Sea - Islands and Archipelagoes
• Baltic Sea - Cities

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Pomerania is the area along the Baltic Sea between the Vistula, Noteć, Warta and Oder rivers. The islands of Uznam, Wolin and Rügen lie along the Pomeranian coast, while the Hel peninsula and the Vistula peninsula jut out into the Baltic. The Baltic forms the Bay of Pomerania, Szczecin Bay, Gdańsk Bay with Bay of Puck, and Vistula Bay along the coast. Lakes Lebsko, Jamno and Gardno were formerly b ...

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Combined with intelligence obtained from non-Polish sources this became enough to convince the British that "something was going on" in Peenemunde on Uznam. Consequently Churchill issued an order for a bombing raid. After a deft ruse on the part of the RAF which mislead the Germans as to the intended target of the raid, Peenemunde was successfully bombed on the night of August 17th, 1943 (Operation Hydra). The action was the largest bombing raid of the war thus far and involved more than 600 bombers. It managed to destroy the manufacturing f ...

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As early as 1939 the Allies were alerted to German experiments with new kinds of weapons through the anonymous, and still mysterious Oslo Report. This was a document passed on to the British diplomatic attaché in Oslo by unknown person(s) which detailed some of the experiments being carried out by the German military. However, given its unknown source and unprecedented information the British discounted the report in the fear that it was a German counter intelligence provocation meant to expose British agents or t ...

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Historical population of Świnoujście The river Swina was formerly flanked by the fishing villages of West and East Swina. Towards the beginning of the seventeenth century it was made navigable for large ships, and Swinemuende, which was founded on the site of West Swina in 1748, was fortified and raised to the dignity of a town by Frederick the Great in 1765. It served as the outer port of Stettin/Szczecin. The city had broad unpaved streets and one-storey houses built in the Dutch style, which gave it an almost ...

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The name is a Pomeranian translation of 'longum mare' and means 'country by/next to/along the sea' The name was probably first mentioned as Latin words 'longum mare' (=along the sea) in an obscure church record of around 1080), called the Dagome Iudex, but supposedly dealing with 992. It names Oda von Haldensleben and her husband as Dagome, which is assumed to refer to Mieszko I, referring to territory Dagome gave as gift to the pope. In an imperial record of 1046 there is an actual first mention of Pomerania as Zemuzil dux Bomeranoru ...

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It is difficult to asses the overall impact of Home Army's intelligence work with regard to V-1 and V-2 on WW2. On one hand, the allies never developed successful counter defenses against the V-2 rockets. Hence, while the early capture of a rocket by AK was quite a feat in pure intelligence terms, it did not necessarily translate into significant results on the ground. The German development of the weapon simply took too long for it to have any impact on the course of the war. On the other hand, the AK did alert the British as to the dangers ...

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