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    Paul Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (17 January 1885 – 18 June 1968) was a German general and war criminal during World War II. He planned and commanded the...
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    21 February 1940, command of the operation was given to General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. He had fought in Finland during the First World War and was familiar...
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  • a German general from Kiel. He was married to the daughter of Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, who planned the German invasion of Norway and Denmark during World...
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    Prison. Eduard Crasemann Nikolaus von Falkenhorst Curt Gallenkamp Albert Kesselring Eberhard von Mackensen Kurt Mälzer Erich von Manstein August Schmidt...
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    1941, the situation at the front had improved to a point where Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Siilasvuo discussed continuing the III Corps's advance towards...
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  • arrived in the area. General Siilasvuo reported to Generaloberst Nikolaus von Falkenhorst that III Corps was unable to reach Loukhi, with both sides settling...
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    no known grave. The German commander in Norway, Generaloberst Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, was captured after the war and tried by a British military court...
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    their plans for an invasion of Norway. On 21 February, General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst was placed in charge of its planning and in command of the land-based...
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  • Military District (Wehrkreis) I in East Prussia. On 26 August, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst was appointed the unit's commander. For the Invasion of Poland...
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  • the commanding officer of the XXI Korps, General der Infanterie Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. His Chief of Staff was Oberst Erich Buschenhagen. 2nd Mountain...
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  • June 1942 it was renamed 20th Mountain Army. German Army of Norway (Falkenhorst) From January 1941: XXXIII Corps XXXVI Corps Gebirgskorps Norwegen From...
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    Tourenwagen (W150). It was brought to Norway in 1941 by General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. After World War II, it was used by the King of Norway. It was...
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    which in turn had been activated just a few days prior, on 26 August. Fedor von Bock, commanding general of 2nd Army, became the first commanding general...
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    Generalleutnant Nikolaus von Falkenhorst I./ Panzer-Regiment 10 (Oberstleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Sieberg) 21. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Kuno-Hans von Both)...
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  • Johann Samuel Ersch, bibliographer Eugeniusz Faber, soccer player Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, general Gottfried Bermann Fischer, publisher Grzegorz Fitelberg...
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    and was subordinate to the Army of Norway which was commanded by Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. XXXVI Corps was supported by Finnish III Corps commanded by Hjalmar...
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    (1879–1973) July 19, 1940 – Ernst Busch (1885–1945) July 19, 1940 – Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885–1968) July 19, 1940 – Curt Haase (1881–1943) July 19, 1940...
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    German Workers Party, and the paramilitary group Freikorps of Franz Ritter von Epp in 1919. Dietl continued to serve in the German Army and, as a Generalmajor...
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    Bleyer Eckhard Christian Gerhard Engel Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck Nikolaus von Falkenhorst Hermann Fischer Bruno Frankewitz Eberhard Kinzel Mauno Koivisto...
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    Vidkun Quisling seated next to Heinrich Himmler, Josef Terboven and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst in front of officers of the Waffen-SS, German Army and Air Force...
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  • 1941. Seated (from left to right) are Quisling, Himmler, Terboven, and General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, the commander of the German forces in Norway....
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    German ambassador, Ulrich von Hassell, resulted in a Nine-Point Protocol, signed by Ciano and his German counterpart, Konstantin von Neurath, in 1936. When...
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  • trial was held in Braunschweig, Germany, against Generaloberst Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Supreme Commander of German forces in Norway from 1940–44. The...
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    port of Narvik. The invasion was led by General of the Infantry Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. Germany notified the U.K. and France of the invasion in a memorandum...
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    the reconnaissance units of the 10th Panzer Division of General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst captured the village of Wizna. Polish mounted reconnaissance squads...
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    that was part of the nucleus of the expanding German Panzerwaffe. Claus von Stauffenberg served on Hoepner's divisional staff. After the Blomberg–Fritsch...
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  • impetus to German planners to accelerate their plans. 21: General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst is appointed to command the invasion of Norway. He will command...
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    as the German general Nikolaus von Falkenhorst now found it harder to protest Swedish action in support of Norway. Falkenhorst was made aware of the incident...
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    needed] The commander of the German forces in Norway – Generaloberst Nikolaus von Falkenhorst – was also found guilty of two of the Freshman deaths during his...
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    invading France via the Ardennes forest. 21 February: General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst is placed in command of the upcoming German invasion of Norway...
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