Raid on Ruhnu (1917)
| Raid on Ruhnu (1917) | |||||||
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| Part of Naval warfare of World War I | |||||||
German seaplanes land on the Ruhnu Island to destroy the Russian radio station (illustration by Willy Stöwer from 1917) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Germany | Russia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| ? | ? | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Several seaplanes | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | Unknown | ||||||
The Raid on Ruhnu on 15 June 1917 was a minor operation proceeded by Imperial German Naval Air Forces in Ruhnu Island in the Gulf of Riga during World War I. Several German seaplanes landed on the coast of Ruhnu to attack the Russian telegraph station and after that retreated to their home base, which is considered as the first air-landing ambush operation in the military history.