Maleme, 11 miles (ca. 18 km) west of Chania, the second-largest German military cemetery in Greece. Simple grave complex at the place where in May 1941 after the German airborne […]
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The Eastern Front from winter 1943-44 until late summer 1944. Ending the siege of Leningrad and Operation Bagration, the destruction of the German Army Group Center. During the winter of
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German Orders of Battle from 3 September 1941 and the Eastern Front after the successful start of Operation Barbarossa from the end of August 1941 until the failure of the
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German Orders of Battle before the summer offensive in Russia (Operation Blue) of June 24, 1942. Here to the previous part: German Orders of Battle May 1942 and Operation Blue.
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Battle of Berlin April-May 1945: The Final Soviet Offensive That Ended Nazi Germany. The Last Battle The Battle of Berlin began on April 16, 1945, when Soviet forces launched their
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Part III of ‘Why did Hitler declare war on the US?’ Back to PART II: The ‘undeclared war’ of the USA against Germany The road to the ‘true’ World War
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The campaign against Poland in September 1939 (Part I). Deployment, the German attack and the advance on Warsaw until 9 September. Polish campaign The Polish campaign of 1939, also known
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The siege of Tobruk from April to December 1941. Tobruk Tobruk is a tiny but significant harbor on the coastline of Cyrenaica. Before WW2 its inhabitants figures about 4,000 citizens,
Battle of Okinawa 1945: The Decisive Pacific Campaign That Shaped WWII’s Final Months The Battle of Okinawa began on April 1, 1945, marking the final major conflict before an anticipated
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The Capture of the Remagen Bridge on 7 March 1945: A Pivotal WW2 Event. In the closing months of World War II, American forces made a strategic breakthrough by capturing
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Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa. On November 8, 1942, a force of over 70,000 Allied troops invaded Vichy-French North-West Africa. Allied landings in North Africa 1942 On
Battle of Iwo Jima 1945: An extraordinary battle between Japan and the US Marines in the Pacific War. Battle of Iwo Jima 1945: An extraordinary battle between Japan and the
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From August 1941 until the end of the Siege of Tobruk in December 1941 (Part III). Australians withdrawn and replaced by Polish troops and ending the siege. From August 1941
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Second World War, overview of the course from 1943 to 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers by the Allies (Part III). The Second Worl War from 1943 to
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The US Invasion of Lingayen Gulf on 9 January 1945 and the Liberation of the Philippines: A Turning Point in WWII. Liberation of the Philippines in 1945 The invasion of
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Operation Weser Crossing (Unternehmen Weserübung), the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940. Operation Weserübung Operation Weserübung (Weser Crossing) was the code name for Nazi Germany’s invasion of
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Battle of the Bulge 1944: Hitler’s last trump card. German Ardennes offensive 1944 In December 1944, the Ardennes region of Belgium became the stage for one of World War II’s
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Hitler’s declaration of war to the United States appears to be difficult to understand, superfluous, and sealed the fate of the Third Reich. On 12 December 1941, Adolf Hitler declared
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Could had Operation Barbarossa – Hitler’s attack on Soviet Russia – a different course and why was the invasion carried out in June 1941 ? Operation Barbarossa – Hitler’s attack
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The Battle of Britain in 1940-1941. Operation Sea lion, strengths of the German Navy and Luftwaffe vs RAF, the air battle and the ‘Blitz’. The Battle of Britain 1940 Operation
