Battle of the Danube River. The Royal Air Force aircrafts againstriver tankers and river shipping and mining of the river (April – August 1944)
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Battle of the Danube River. The Royal Air Force aircrafts againstriver tankers and river shipping and mining of the river (April – August 1944)
Original language description
At the beginning of April 1944, the Royal Air Force started to mine the Danube River to reduce river shipping, especially oil and oil products transport from Romanian Oil Fields. The Royal Air Force conducted such missions during nights. Germany and Allies had no efficient river and air forces to defend. Losses of vessels became enormous. Germany, Romania and Hungary tried to improve and increase river forces but it was not enough. They used not only river minesweepers but also special minesweeping aircraft to clean the river. The mining of the river surely restricted shipping. It is clear from the report of Slovakian Dunajplavba River Shipping Company. Monthly on average, 110 thousand tons of oil were shipped from Giurgiu Port in Romania until April 1944. It was decreased to 35 thousand tons in May 1944, to 33,6 thousand tons in June 1944, increased to 59,5 thousand tons in July 1944 and once again decreased to 35 thousand tons in August 1944. Because of the war and political situation, shipping of oil from Romania on the Danube River was stopped at the end of August 1944.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Result continuities
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Renewing Museums River Museums and their Publics – New Approaches
ISBN
978-83-64150-71-5
Number of pages of the result
33
Pages from-to
84–116
Number of pages of the book
125
Publisher name
ENoRM & Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Gdansku, Poland
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