Azov (‹See Tfd›Russian: Азо́в) was a 1,953 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1944 by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany as Deike Rickmers for Rickmers Line...
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SS Azov (1929), sunk in an air raid 2 October 1944 SS Azov (1944), scrapped in 1973 Russian ship Azov (1826) Azov, a Soviet monitor Russian cruiser Azov...
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(Ropucha class) Azov Avia Airlines, an airline based in Melitopol, Ukraine SS Azov, a number of ships with this name Memory of Azov (Fabergé egg), a...
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Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS)
main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial policy...
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recruited from Cossacks. It was originally known as the XIV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps from September 1944 to February 1945. During the Russian Civil War (1917–1923)...
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The Waffen-SS (German: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs]; lit. 'Armed SS') was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. Its formations...
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summer or early autumn of 1944, when it was clear that Germany was committed to a European land war on two fronts, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler initiated...
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action in the Battles of Uman, the Sea of Azov, and Rostov, and in the Kerch–Eltigen Operation in 1943. During 1944 and 1945 it withdrew through Ukraine and...
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Schutzstaffel (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS and over a million Allgemeine-SS members. Other members included the SS-Totenkopfverbände...
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Deike Rickmers (redirect from SS Deike Rickmers)
renamed Tami Maru SS Deike Rickmers (1912), ex Aker, purchased in 1929, sold in 1938 and renamed Helga Moller SS Deike Rickmers (1944), seized in 1945...
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The Battle of the Sea of Azov, also known as the Chernigovka pocket was an Axis military campaign fought between 26 September 1941 and 11 October 1941...
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led the Third Army to the Crimea, taking part in the Battle of the Sea of Azov. By October 10, the Third Army had marched 1,700 kilometres from Romania...
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1944, there were a total of 123,541 personnel subordinated to the Army Group, in the following order of battle: III SS (Germanic) Panzer Corps – SS-Obergruppenführer...
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Merchant Fleet (Gostorgflot). The Black Sea - Azov Sea Shipping company split into Black Sea Shipping Company, Azov Sea Shipping Company and Georgian Shipping...
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Dnieper–Carpathian offensive (redirect from Battle of Western Ukraine (1944))
early November 1943, with the assistance of the Black Sea Fleet and the Azov Flotilla, crossed the Kerch Strait and captured a bridgehead on the Kerch...
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Battle of the Caucasus (category Conflicts in 1944)
the Army Ivan Tyulenev Black Sea Fleet – Vice Admiral Filipp Oktyabrsky Azov Sea Flotilla – Rear Admiral Sergey Gorshkov Army Group A – Generalfeldmarschall...
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State Secretary (1933–1944) in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture and later Reich Minister (1944–1945), he was also an SS-Obergruppenführer. An...
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Karl Hanke (category Reichsführer-SS)
1940 SS-Brigadeführer - 30 January 1941 SS-Gruppenführer - 20 April 1941 Hauptmann d.R. - 1942 SS-Obergruppenführer - 30 January 1944 Reichsführer-SS und...
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while the SS Panzer Corps was organized with the 1st SS, 2nd SS and 3rd SS Panzer Division. In early February, the combined strength of the SS Panzer Corps...
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Eastern Front (World War II) (section Summer 1944)
of 1944, but after the failure of the 20 July Plot Hitler considered the army and its officer corps suspect and came to rely on the Schutzstaffel (SS) and...
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Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland...
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Ukrainian Canadian who fought in the SS Division Galicia of the military wing of the Nazi Party, the Waffen-SS, was invited to the House of Commons of...
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Bulge: I SS Panzer Corps with 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) and 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, along with II SS Panzer...
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Battle of Kursk (section II SS Panzer Corps)
SS Panzer Corps – SS Panzergrenadier Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 2nd SS Panzergrenadier Division Das Reich and the 3rd SS Panzergrenadier Division...
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Kamenets–Podolsky pocket (category Conflicts in 1944)
forces of the II SS Panzer Corps at the end of 6 April 1944, the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg was the spearhead of the relief force. SS-Untersturmführer...
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Nazi Germany (section SA and SS)
Schutzstaffel (SS; Protection Squadron) grew to become one of the largest and most powerful groups in Nazi Germany. Led by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler...
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Guards Tank Army of the Soviet Red Army attacked the II SS-Panzer Corps of the German Waffen-SS in one of the largest tank battles in history. In April...
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Caucasus. He participated in Operation München, the Battle of the Sea of Azov and the Battle of the Caucasus. In May 1942 he was promoted to lieutenant...
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Ukrainian military, particularly of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, and the Azov Assault Brigade Bulgarian Volunteer Corps. Fought for the Russian Empire...
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Tallinn offensive (redirect from German evacuation of Tallinn (1944))
used men who had deserted from the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian), Omakaitse militia, border defence and auxiliary police battalions...
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