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    Vistula Spit (redirect from Frische Nehrung)
    Балтийская коса, romanized: Baltiyskaya kosa; German: Danziger Nehrung, Frische Nehrung; Low German: Dantzker Nearing) is an aeolian sand spit, or peninsular...
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    trapped with them attempted to escape across the frozen Haff to the Frische Nehrung and thence to Pillau or Danzig, reinforced paths marked by lamps having...
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  • Infantry Divisions; the remaining German troops were evacuated to the Frische Nehrung. Pillau had been heavily fortified, being described by Bagramyan as...
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    near Pillau and only 800 men escaped to the thin strip of land at Frische Nehrung. While some survivors surrendered to the British in Schleswig-Holstein...
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    before Hitler finally allowed the army to retreat across the Frisches Haff to the Frische Nehrung on 29 March. After Königsberg fell, Hitler sent Headquarters...
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  • East Prussia and West Prussia, in the region around the Vistula Spit (Frische Nehrung) near Danzig. The easternmost locality where this variety was spoken...
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    the Soviet 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps. During the Soviet assault, the Frische Nehrung spit became the last means of escape to the west. However, civilians...
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  • in battle with Soviet troops, while some elements escaped along the Frische Nehrung to Hela and eventually by sea to Schleswig-Holstein.[citation needed]...
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    April and completed the defeat of the German forces in Samland on the Frische Nehrung. It also fought in the Bryansk, Gorodok, and Gumbinnen Offensives....
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  • Neutief (Noytif was Russian correspondence of Neutef before 1946) on the Frische Nehrung. After a failed breakout attempt around 200 men continued to resist...
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  • Helsingør. Oak  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on the Frische Nehrung, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Aberdeenshire...
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