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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.
The battalion withdrew back into Germany and briefly took up occupation duties centered on the historic town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber before redeploying to the United States. [1] They arrived in New York on 25 October 1945. The 745th Tank Battalion was inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, on 26 October 1945. [6]
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.
Nazi Germany: 1933–1945: World War II: 1939–1945: Contemporary Germany. Occupation; Ostgebiete; 1945–1949/1952: ... German prisoners of war march through Aachen ...
During the Second World War, Operation Clipper was an Allied offensive by the British XXX Corps (which included the American 84th Infantry Division) to reduce the Geilenkirchen salient in mid-November 1944. Clipper was the preliminary to a wider Allied operation, Operation Queen, to gain control of the Roer valley and of the Hürtgen Forest.
The film noir Laura directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews was released. The Howard Hawks -directed wartime romance/adventure film To Have and Have Not starring Humphrey Bogart , Walter Brennan and Lauren Bacall (in her film debut) premiered in New York City.
Propaganda film. In Agfacolor: A Man Like Maximilian: Hans Deppe: Wolf Albach-Retty, Karin Hardt: Comedy The Noltenius Brothers: Gerhard Lamprecht: Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner: Drama The Silent Guest: Harald Braun: René Deltgen, Gisela Uhlen: Crime Via Mala: Josef von Báky: Karin Hardt, Carl Wery, Viktor Staal: Melodrama The Years Pass ...
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