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The dogs were shot dead by responding police and two people were arrested. [269] [270] Following this, another fatal dog attack earlier the same year, and a long series of serious injuries caused by fighting dogs, the German government enacted laws banning certain breeds, including penalties of up to 100,000 Deutsche Marks ($48,100 USD). [271 ...
The dogs were shot dead by responding police and two people were arrested. [45] [46] Following this, another fatal dog attack earlier the same year, and a long series of serious injuries caused by fighting dogs, the German government enacted laws banning certain breeds, including penalties of up to 100,000 Deutsche Marks ($48,100 USD).
The British pet massacre was a week-long event in 1939 in which an estimated 400,000 cats and dogs, a quarter of England's pet population, were killed so that food used for animals could be reserved to prepare for World War II food shortages. [1] [2]
Eastern Front; Part of the European theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Soviet T-34 tanks storming Poznań, 1945; German Tiger I tanks during the Battle of Kursk, 1943; German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front, 1943; German Einsatzgruppen death squad murdering Jews in Ukraine, 1942; Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Instrument of Surrender, 1945; Soviet troops at the Battle ...
The aid stations were occupied by 2,000 men, British, German and Dutch civilian casualties. [148] [149] Because many aid posts were in the front line, in homes taken over earlier in the battle, the odd situation was created where casualties were evacuated forward rather than rearwards. [150]
The Kriegsmarine also provided various surface ships and coordinated the movement of German supplies to Spain. [49] German U-boats were dispatched to Spanish waters under the codename Ursula. [49] In the two weeks following 27 July, German transports moved nearly 2,500 troops of the Army of Africa to Spain; [3] 1,500 between 29 July and 5 ...
About 10,000 Germans were in Spain at the peak. [191] German aid to the Nationalists amounted to approximately £43,000,000 ($215,000,000) in 1939 prices, mostly for the Condor Legion. [ 191 ] No detailed list of German supplies furnished to Spain has been found.
The heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer shelled the port and the city of Almería with 200 rounds, resulting in 19 deaths, 55 wounded, and the destruction of 35 buildings. [2] German and Italian warships were concentrated in the Mediterranean Sea next to Spain, and were starting to take a more active role in the supporting of Nationalist forces.