Incredible images from the treacherous journeys made by allied forces to Russia 14:15, 24 FEB 2022 Updated14:51, 24 FEB 2022 British Royal Navy ships passing through Arctic fog while on convoy duty in the Northern Waters in the Second World War. January 1945 (Image: Mirrorpix)1 of 32 Soviet warships fire their anti-arcraft guns in defence of an Allied convoy, which is being attacked by German aircraft near a Russian port in the Arctic, 4th May 1943 (Image: Getty Images)2 of 32 HMS Eskimo a Royal Navy Tribal Class Destroyer seen here on Arctic convoy duty (Image: Mirrorpix)3 of 32 Sweeping the snow covered flight deck of the British escort carrier HMS Fencer during a convoy patrol in Northern waters in the Second World War. Continual sweeping of the snow covered flight deck is necessary to keep it serviceable for aircraft as it makes its journey to Russia. Circa 1944 (Image: Mirrorpix)4 of 32 British merchant ships of the convoy forcing their way through frozen seas. January 1945 (Image: Mirrorpix)5 of 32 Destroyer HMS Berwick in northern waters in November 1944 (Image: Mirrorpix)6 of 32 Royal Navy destroyer ship HMS Milne in Northern Waters shows sailors wearing Arctic hat fashions on the bridge of the ship. January 1944 (Image: Mirrorpix)7 of 32 Convoys carrying vital supplies and war equipment are now working under hard winter conditions. January 1945 (Image: Mirrorpix)8 of 32 Pilots of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm watch the sun strike the snow covered mountains while on Arctic patrol aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable, part of the Russian convoy in Northern Waters. November 1943 (Image: Mirrorpix)9 of 32 Sailors on Arctic Convoys as part of the permanent exhibition at Western Approaches (Image: Big Heritage/supplied)10 of 32 Avenger, Wildcat and Swordfish aircraft from two British escort carriers, HMS Tracker and HMS Activity attacked and sunk German U-boat U288. 3rd April 1944 (Image: Mirrorpix)11 of 32 HMS Victorious on her way back from Norwegian waters with attendant cruiser, her Fulmar aircraft on deck at air readiness. The aircraft carrier was part of a task force shadowing Russian convoys PQ12 & PQ13 Circa March 1942 (Image: Mirrorpix)12 of 32 British convoy to Russia. 4th February to 2 March 1945. On board the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Bellona on a convoy to and from Russia. On the convoy a U-boat was sunk and many German aircraft were shot down (Image: Mirrorpix)13 of 32 On 26 December 1943, one of Germany’s greatest warships, the 26,000 to Scharnhorst, was sunk by units of the home fleet. The Scharnhorst was attempting to intercept a Russian-bound convoy when she was driven off, chased, and finally destroyed off the North Cape. Slowed down by torpedoes from destroyers, and crippled by gunfire from HMS Duke of York, she was sent to the bottom by torpedoes fired from HMS Jamaica (Image: Mirrorpix)14 of 32 Snow and ice being cleared from the flight deck of the RMS Campania on her return to Britain from Russia. March 1945 (Image: Mirrorpix)15 of 32 The biggest Allied convoy to Russia fought through four day attack by enemy torpedo planes of the German Luftwaffe and U-boats of the Kriegsmarine to deliver her cargo at an Arctic port. Picture shows: a torpedo attack on an aircraft carrier in the convoy. October 1942 (Image: Mirrorpix)16 of 32 Picture highlighting the the bitter cold conditions of the Artic region, taken on board the Royal Navy destroyer ship HMS Milne in Northern Waters shows a sailor wearingprotective clothing on the icy deck of the ship. January 1944 (Image: Mirrorpix)17 of 32 Picture taken aboard Royal Navy cruiser HMS Manchester in Northern Waters highlighting the the bitter cold conditions of the Artic region. Circa May 1941 (Image: Mirrorpix)18 of 32 The Royal Navy During The Second World War, Ice forming on a 20-inch signal projector on the cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD whilst she is helping to escort an Arctic convoy to Russia, December 1941 (Image: Imperial War Museums via Getty Images)19 of 32 Two Royal Navy sailors, wrapped up against the bitter cold conditions, stand on the exposed signal bridge of HMS Sheffield on the look out for enemy U-boats in Arctic waters. December 1941 (Image: Mirrorpix)20 of 32 Iced up convoys in the freezing Arctic weather. (Image: Big Heritage/supplied)21 of 32 The ice covered deck gun of a Corvette protecting a convoy bound for Russia. April 1943 (Image: Mirrorpix)22 of 32 Convoy PQ 18 at sea. An underwater detonation erupts next to HMS Ashanti. The destroyer HMS Eskimo is seen in the foreground. Merchant ships are in the background. 13th September 1942 (Image: Mirrorpix)23 of 32 Picture taken on board the British Escort carrier Campania during a recent British convoy to and from Russia when a U-boat was sunk and many attacking German Luftwaffe aircraft were sent crashing in to the sea. Operations, Lieutenant Commander C.R.G. Watkins D.S.O., D.S.C., on the bridge of the Campania during an enemy air attack. March 1945 (Image: Mirrorpix)24 of 32 Crews on the Arctic Convoys wearing life belts in case their vessels were sunk by enemy torpedoes (Image: Big Heritage/supplied)25 of 32 Arctic Convoys veteran Alexander Crowe, 99. February 22, 2022 (Image: Liverpool Echo/Lee Grimsditch)26 of 32 Bernard Gough, 97, with his medal in the bunker of Western Approaches (Image: Liverpool Echo/Lee Grimsditch)27 of 32 Bernard Gough’s medal he was awarded for his service on Arctic Convoys. Taken February 22, 2022 (Image: Liverpool Echo/Lee Grimsditch)28 of 32 Bernard Gough’s medals he was awarded by Russia for his service on the Arctic Convoys. (Image: Liverpool Echo/Lee Grimsditch)29 of 32 Western Approaches operations in the bunker strategically planning the manoeuvres of the Arctic Convoys during WW2 (Image: Big Heritage/supplied)30 of 32 Map in the bunker of Western Approaches Museum in Rumford Place, Liverpool city centre where the Arctic Convoys exhibition will be on permanent display (Image: Big Heritage/supplied)31 of 32 Communications down in the bunker still resides today (Image: Big Heritage/supplied)32 of 32 George LaningtonGeorge is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism Also Read Horoscope for Saturday, March 19, 2022