They were more appealing because a lot of people wanted to go there
There are a number of major ports that provide access to the Baltic Sea. The only country that is specifically known for having two is Russia which has the port of St. Petersberg in the North (between Finland and Estonia) and Kaliningrad in the South (between Lithuania and Poland) in Kaliningrad Oblast.
The Baltic Sea
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The White Sea-Baltic Canal and the Volga-Baltic Waterway.
Consider where the ports are in Russia. The Far East is thousands of miles from the main fighting zones, and covered by the Japanese navy. The Black Sea is blocked by Turkey. The Baltic can only be entered by passing within 10 miles of German-occupied Denmark. Such supplies as did get through were taken through the North Atlantic to Murmansk or Archangel, which involved passing German-occupied Norway. The toll on ships and men on this passage was horrible, due as much to the climatic conditions as to the U-boats and bombers. Escorts had to be big ships, both because of the sea conditions and the presence of German battleships; and there were never enough big ships to go round.
A 'baltic port', is any port on the Baltic Sea, which is situated between Scandinavia and northern-central Europe. Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Gdansk, Rostock and Copenhagen are all Baltic ports.
The ports of the United Kingdom are influenced by a mild climate, but Russia's ports are all subtropical.
The ports of the united kingdom are influenced by a mild climate, but Russia's ports are all subtropical.
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