Sea Defence Zones

Sea Defence Zones

Tactical area in the organisation of the Kriegsmarine intended to provide operational command of all German naval forces, within a given geographical area, in the event of actual enemy attack on the coastline of occupied Europe.

List of areas with links to feldpost numbers etc.

'Albanien' (Tirana), 'Attika' (Corinth)

'Baltischen Inseln' (Lithuania), 'Bergen' (Hardanger), 'Boulogne' (Boulogne), 'Brest' (Brest), 'Bretagne' (Brest)

'Calais' (Calais)

'Dänische Inseln' (Copenhagen), 'Dalmatien' (Split), 'Dodekanes' (Porto Lago), 'Drontheim' (Trondheim), 'Dünkirchen' (Dunkirk)

'Elbe-Weser' (Cuxhaven), 'Estland' (Lithuania)

'Französische Riviera' (Toulon)

'Gascogne' (Bordeaux)

'Hammerfest' (Nordkinnhalvøya), 'Harstad' (Narvik)

'Istrien' (Susak), 'Italienische Riviera' (Nizza)

'Kanalinseln' (Channel Islands), 'Kirkenes' (Porsangerfjorden), 'Kreta' (Crete), 'Kristiansand-Süd' (Langesund)

'Languedoc' (Toulon), 'Lemnos' (Lemnos), 'Lettland' (Libau), 'Libau' (Libau), 'Loire' (Carnac)

'Mecklenburg' (Heiligendamm), 'Mittelholland' (Amsterdam), 'Molde' (Stadtlandet)

'Narvik' (Narvik), 'Norddalmatien' (Sebenico), 'Nordfriesland' (Husum), 'Nordgriechenland' (Thessaloniki), 'Nordholland' (Scheveningen), 'Nordjütland' (Frederikshavn), 'Normandie' (Cherbourg)

'Oslofjord' (Larvik), 'Ostende' (Calais), 'Ostfriesland' (Tidofeld), 'Ost und Westpreußen' (Gotenhafen), 'Ostpreußen' (Pillau)

'Pas de Calais' (Calais), 'Peloponnes' (Kalamata), 'Polarküste' (Finnfjordbotn), 'Pommern' (Swinemünde)

'Saloniki' (Kevalla), 'Sandnessjöen' (Rørvik), 'Schleswig-Holstein und Mecklenburg' (Kiel), 'Seine-Somme' (Le Havre), 'Stavanger' (Haugesund), 'Südddalmatien' (Split), 'Südholland' (Middelburg), 'Südjütland' (Copenhagen)

'Tromsö' (Finnfjordbotn)

'Ukraine' (Nikolajew)

'Westkrim' (Nikolajew), 'Westadria' (Lido bei Venedig), 'Westgriechenland' (Patras), 'Westpreußen' (Gotenhafen)

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