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The Battle of Aachen was a battle of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 12 September and 21 October 1944. [4] [5] The city had been incorporated into the Siegfried Line, the main defensive network on Germany's western border; the Allies had hoped to capture it quickly and advance into the industrialized Ruhr basin.
propaganda film about the Atlantic Wall: Aufheben, Lagern und Tragen Verletzter: documentary "Lifting, storing and carrying injured persons" Aufruhr der Herzen: Hans Müller: Lotte Koch, Rudolf Prack, O. E. Hasse "Riot of hearts", Available online here: Aus der Zaubertruhe des Films: documentary "From the magic of the film" Aus Spiel wird Ernst
16 December — World War II: Germany begins the Ardennes offensive, later known as Battle of the Bulge. 17 December — World War II: German troops carry out the Malmedy massacre. 19 December — World War II: The entire territory of Estonia is taken by the Red Army. 31 December — World War II: Hungary declares war on Germany.
The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall (= western bulwark), was a German defensive line built during the late 1930s. Started in 1936, opposite the French Maginot Line, it stretched more than 630 km (390 mi) from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands, along the western border of Nazi Germany, to the town of Weil am Rhein on the border with Switzerland.
Map of NS administrative division in 1944 Gaue of the Nazi Party in 1926, 1928, 1933, 1937, 1939 and 1943. The Gaue (singular: Gau) were the main administrative divisions of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. The Gaue were formed in 1926 as Nazi Party regional districts in Weimar Germany based on the territorial changes after the First World War. [1]
filmed before 1945 Everything Will Be Better in the Morning: Arthur Maria Rabenalt: Ellen Schwanneke, Jakob Tiedtke, Grethe Weiser: Comedy: Film Without a Title: Rudolf Jugert: Hans Söhnker, Hildegard Knef, Willy Fritsch: Comedy: Gaspary's Sons: Rolf Meyer: Lil Dagover, Hans Stüwe, Inge Landgut: Drama: Germany, Year Zero: Roberto Rossellini
The Battle of Crucifix Hill was a World War II battle that took place on 8 October 1944, on Crucifix Hill (Haarberg, Hill 239), next to the village of Haaren in Germany and was a part of the U.S. 1st Division's campaign to seize Aachen, Germany. The Battle of Aachen was part of the Drive to the Siegfried Line. The hill was named after a large ...
List of German films of 1945. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; Edit; ... 1943 1944 1945: 1945–1990 East Germany; 1945–1949 Occupation; 1946 ...