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    under the 133rd Fortress Division (German: 133. Festungs-Division). The Italian garrison units were the 51st Infantry Division "Siena" and LI Special Brigade...
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    (German: Wüstenfuchs, pronounced [ˈvyːstn̩ˌfʊks] ), he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar...
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    on the southern front for the Germans. The siege further depleted the Wehrmacht and especially the Waffen-SS. For the Soviet troops, the siege of Budapest...
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    Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well...
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    the Reserves. According to Scherzer as leader of the 1./SS-Festungs-Regiment "Besslein"/Festung Breslau (fortress Breslau). According to Scherzer as commander...
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    Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well...
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    Proskurovsko-Chernovitskaya Operatsiya), whose main goal was to envelop the Wehrmacht's 1st Panzer Army of Army Group South. The envelopment occurred in late...
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    /Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment 1. According to Scherzer as commander of the Festungs-Grenadier-Bataillon "Trotz" in the fortress Breslau. According to Scherzer...
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    later in the day reported the German bombing of the island.: 7  While the Wehrmacht was preparing Operation Grünpfeil (Green Arrow), a planned invasion of...
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    Eisernen Kreuzes e.V.) as legitimate recipients. The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military...
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    (Croatian: Straža na Drini, German: Wacht an der Drina). In June 1942, the Wehrmacht, Home Guard and Ustaše Militia launched the Kozara Offensive, aimed at...
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    human biorhythms Mortimer von Kessel (1893–1981), German general in the Wehrmacht during WWII Horst Tietzen (1912–1940), Luftwaffe pilot Franz Eisenach...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine
    final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized. The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military...
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