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Germans withhold the deployment of the force of three destroyers and two large torpedo boats which were being kept at readiness. Instead, German naval forces started a gradual withdrawal to
Tallinn, leaving several landing craft and barges on the island when no contact with the landing force could be made. This prevented further waves of troops from landing. The operation ended in a complete failure, with the Finns capturing 1,231 German
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Finnish efforts forced German naval forces to start moving to the more protected western side of the island leaving the landing forces without effective artillery support. While the operation was underway 36 Soviet aircraft attacked the German forces destroying at least a landing craft. This made the
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were preparing to leave to transport a stranded German radio unit, a German minesweeper arrived at the docks on the eastern side of the island and demanded that the island surrender. When the demand was refused the
Germans started to land troops which led to Finnish forces opening fire at 00:55 on 15
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German forces made further landings at the northern part of the island as well as at a beach south from the docks on the eastern side of the island. Finnish troops were able to contain the landings and even prevent further landing attempts on the island's western side. Finnish Navy reacted by
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Germany of the coming cease-fire between Finland and the Soviet Union, which led to Hitler's orders to confiscate all Finnish shipping and to prepare for Operation Tanne Ost. While the confiscation order was rescinded in order to facilitate the
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September 1944. German landing craft arrived at the docks forcing
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material transport related to
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hands. Suursaari was especially important because it worked as a lock in the
Finnish Gulf guarding the minefields keeping the Soviet Baltic Fleet in
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Germans placed the forces prepared for the operation into full readiness. German plans for both of the Tanne operations were planned alongside the
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sank, since the old torpedoes used by the Finns did not have enough yield to sink the larger minesweepers.
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This operation marked the beginning of hostilities between German and
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