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The 26th Army's Corps' would be layered in two belts whose defensive preparations had originally begun back on 11 February, [54] prior to any sign of German offensive intentions. The 57th Army's one Guards Rifle and one Rifle Corps were spread along a 60 km front and 10–15 km deep; the Army would receive another Rifle Corps during the ...
Heinrich Kubis (back row, fourth from right), pictured with other survivors of the Hindenburg. Heinrich Kubis (16 June 1888 – 1979) was a German professional waiter known for serving as the world's first flight attendant [1] and for surviving the Hindenburg disaster.
Uli Derickson (née Patzelt, August 8, 1944 – February 18, 2005) was a German American flight attendant best known for her role in helping protect 152 passengers and crew members during the June 14, 1985, hijacking of TWA Flight 847 by militants linked with Hezbollah.
Nelly Hedwig Diener (5 February [1] 1912 – 27 July 1934) was a Swiss flight attendant. She was the first female flight attendant in Europe. [2]Diener started flying for Swissair on 1 May 1934 and became known as the Engel der Lüfte ("Angel of the Skies"). [3]
By 21 December 1944, the German momentum during the Battle of the Bulge had begun to dissipate, and it was evident that the operation was on the brink of failure. The German high command believed that an attack against the United States Seventh Army further south, which had extended its lines and taken on a defensive posture to cover the area vacated by the United States Third Army which had ...
The Germans husbanded their resources in the preceding months at the expense of the units defending against the Allied strategic bombing in what was a last-ditch effort to keep up the momentum of the German Army (Heer) during the stagnant stage of the Battle of the Bulge (codenamed "Operation Watch on the Rhine" German: Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein).
TV's Most Shocking Deaths Read article In the end, Cassie finally gets sober after becoming a mother — yep, that one night stand with Alex led to pregnancy — and landing a job with the CIA, in ...
Operation Gisela (German: Unternehmen Gisela) was the codename for a German military operation of the Second World War. Gisela was designed as an aerial intruder operation to support the German air defence system in its night battles with RAF Bomber Command during the Defence of the Reich campaign.