History of the North Sea the North Sea though they saw little action. The Austro-Prussian War (1866) resulted in Prussia's gaining full control of the Kiel Canal, allowing their Baltic ports access to the North Sea. France declared war on Prussia 19 July 1870 which initiated the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). The French Navy was, at the time far larger and superior to the North German Federal Navy, the Navy of the North German Confederation. Though the French did take a number of merchant ships bound to and from North Germany, shortages of manpower and coal, as well as conflicting orders, made the attempted blockade of
The I.V. Stalin White Sea – Baltic Sea Canal run. In 1935, "The I.V. Stalin White Sea - Baltic Sea Canal" was translated into English, although the translation did not match the Russian original in either its organization of chapters and sections or the progression of its narrative. The English translation tended to emphasize the content of the text rather than the overarching structure and ideology behind it. Indeed, both the British and American titles of the translated work fail to emphasize Stalin’s name in the official name of the canal. Although the individual translators are never credited, they were likely Soviets working with the intention of creating a