Comet Fort Fortification

Comet Fort
Comet Fort
Inscription on the card: "From the Eastern Front: view from an airplane of a conquered Russian fortification in Daugavgrīva. 1917. Source: Bolderājas Group."
Inscription on the card: Conquered Daugavgriva. German infantryman and sailor at the entrance to the Daugavgriva harbor. 1917. Source: Bolderājas group.
Comet Fort
Comet Fort
Comet Fort
 Daugavgrīva, Rīga, Latvia
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 Sandra Jakušonoka, biedrības "Bolderājas grupa" pārstāve
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Archaeological research in Latvia in 2003 and 2004. Riga: Latvian Institute of History Publishing House, 2004.

Priedītis, E. Latvian Navy. 1919-1940. Riga: Citrons Printing House, 2004.

Anderson, E. The Latvian Armed Forces and Their Prehistory. Toronto: Daugavas Vanagu Central Publishing House, 1983.

1914 - 1918 I World War I icon
I World War I
1939 - 1945 II World War II icon
II World War II
1945 - 1991 IV Soviet Occupation icon
IV Soviet Occupation

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