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The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and other countries, depending on context.
The use of these insignias may be prohibited by law in the Czech Republic, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Ukraine and other countries, depending on context. Other versions
This choice was based on the use of these colours by the National Committee for a Free Germany, [2] a German anti-Nazi organisation that operated in the Soviet Union in the last two years of the war. In 1949, following a suggestion from Friedrich Ebert Jr. , the black-red-gold tricolour was instead selected as the flag of the German Democratic ...
The Battle of Berlin was the final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II and was designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union. [A 1] Starting on 16 April 1945, the Red Army breached the German front as a result of the Vistula–Oder offensive and rapidly advanced westward through Germany, as fast as 30–40 kilometres a day.
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact signed in August 1939 was a non-aggression agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union. It contained a secret protocol aiming to return Central Europe to the pre–World War I status quo by dividing it between Germany and the Soviet Union. Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania would return to the Soviet control ...
Flag of Soviet occupation zone of Germany: Flag of the Soviet Union: 1815–1918: Flag of Kingdom of Saxony: 1356–1806: Electoral flag of Electorate of Saxony: 10th cent.–1806: State flag of Electorate of Saxony: around 950: Saxon flag by the House of Ascania; associated for the Saxon Ostmark and battleflag for the Saxon Eastern March
The Eastern Front was a theatre of World War II which primarily involved combat between the nations and allies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.Combat in the Eastern Front began with the two powers remaining peaceful towards each other, with the annexation of countries such as Albania and portions of Poland by Germany and its allies, and the annexation of Finland and the rest of Poland by ...
German-occupied Europe (or Nazi-occupied Europe) refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly militarily occupied and civil-occupied, including puppet governments, by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945, during World War II, administered by the Nazi regime under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.