Tagalaht ( sv, Taggaviken) is a bay in the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
, on the north-west coast of
Saaremaa
Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the isla ...
Island in
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
, situated between the
Tagamõisa Peninsula (german: Hundsort) and
Ninase (Cape Ninnast). During
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, the bay, guarded by Russian beach forts at Hundsort and Ninnast, was the main landing point for German troops during
Operation Albion
Operation Albion was a World War I German air, land and naval operation against the Russian forces in October 1917 to occupy the West Estonian Archipelago. The land campaign opened with German landings at the Tagalaht bay on the island of ...
in October 1917, when Saaremaa was occupied.
[Barrett, Michael B]
''Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands''
Indiana University Press: Bloomington, IN. {{ISBN, 978-0-253-34969-9
References
Bays of Estonia
Saaremaa Parish
Bays of the Baltic Sea
Landforms of Saare County