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List of military operations on ice
Battles and other military operations that took place on lake or sea ice
include:
about 530 âÂÂ
Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern
, recorded in Norse sagas and referred to in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf
1241 -
Battle of Mohi
on the
Sajo River
1242 âÂÂ
Battle on the Ice
on
Lake Peipus
1270 âÂÂ
Battle of Karuse
on the frozen
Baltic Sea
between the Island of
Muhu
and the mainland
1520 âÂÂ
Battle of Bogesund
on lake
ÃÂ sunden
1658 âÂÂ
March Across the Belts
,
Charles X Gustav
's march over the
Little Belt
and the
Great Belt
during the
Second Northern War
1795 âÂÂ
Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder
: The
French First Republic
's cavalry captured the fleet of the
Dutch Republic
that was stuck in ice, frozen at anchor.
1809 âÂÂ
Finnish War
Barclay de Tolly
's advance from
Vaasa
to
Uumaja
in Sweden, see
Battle of Ratan and Sävar
Bagration
's and
Kulnev
's attack from
ÃÂ land
to
Grisslehamn
in Sweden
1921 - The crushing of the
Kronstadt rebellion
over the gulf of Finland as part of the Russian Civil War
1940 âÂÂ
Battle of Vyborg Bay (1940)
in the
Winter War
1941-44 -
Road of Life
, an ice road over
Lake Ladoga
that supplied the
besieged Leningrad
during the winter months (barges kept the supply line open in warmer times), during
World War II
.
1942 âÂÂ
Battle of Suursaari
in the
Continuation War
References
External links
Attack Over Ice Feared By Finns â Freezing of Gulf May Open Way for Red Thrust
(January 1940)