Basis Nord

Basis Nord in the Soviet Union

Basis Nord ("Base North") was a secret naval base of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in Zapadnaya Litsa, west of Murmansk provided by the Soviet Union. The base was part of a partnership that developed between Germany and the Soviet Union following German-Soviet Non-Aggression treaty of 1939, along with a broad economic agreement of 1940.

In 1939, the Soviet Union agreed to supply the base location to Germany for the purpose of supporting U-boats and commerce raiding.^[1] Germany sent supply ships that were anchored in the bay, but the base was never used by Kriegsmarine fighting vessels.^[2] Germany's April 1940 invasion of Norway thereafter rendered the base unnecessary.^[3]

In 2008, Basis Nord featured in a prominent BBC–PBS investigative history series, World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West, and a book of the same name by Laurence Rees in 2009.^[4]

^ Philbin III 1994, p. xiv
^ Мельтюхов М.И. Упущенный шанс Сталина. Советский Союз и борьба за Европу: 1939-1941. — М.: Вече, 2000
^ Tobias R. Philbin. The lure of Neptune: German-Soviet naval collaboration and ambitions, 1919-1941. Chapter 5. P. 112-17
^ Laurence Rees, World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West, BBC Books (2009) pp. 66-69 https://www.pbs.org/behindcloseddoors/about/index.html Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine

[philbinxiv-1] Philbin III 1994, p. xiv

[2] Мельтюхов М.И. Упущенный шанс Сталина. Советский Союз и борьба за Европу: 1939-1941. — М.: Вече, 2000

[3] Tobias R. Philbin. The lure of Neptune: German-Soviet naval collaboration and ambitions, 1919-1941. Chapter 5. P. 112-17

[4] Laurence Rees, World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West, BBC Books (2009) pp. 66-69 https://www.pbs.org/behindcloseddoors/about/index.html Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]