Operation Doppelkopf (German: Unternehmen Doppelkopf) and the following Operation Cäsar were German counter-offensives on the Eastern Front in the late...
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On 19 August 1944, the assault, which had been dubbed Unternehmen Doppelkopf (Operation Doppelkopf) got underway. It was preceded by a bombardment by the...
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Operation Solstice (redirect from Unternehmen Sonnenwende)
Operation Solstice (German: Unternehmen Sonnenwende), also known as Unternehmen Husarenritt or the Stargard tank battle, was one of the last German armoured...
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On 19 August 1944, the assault, which had been dubbed Unternehmen Doppelkopf (Operation Doppelkopf) got underway. It was preceded by a bombardment by the...
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Sinyavino offensive (1942) (redirect from Unternehmen Nordlicht)
Narva 2nd Crimea 1st Jassy–Kishinev Karelia Bagration Lvov–Sandomierz Doppelkopf 2nd Jassy–Kishinev Dukla Pass 2nd Baltic Belgrade Debrecen Petsamo–Kirkenes...
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Narva 2nd Crimea 1st Jassy–Kishinev Karelia Bagration Lvov–Sandomierz Doppelkopf 2nd Jassy–Kishinev Dukla Pass 2nd Baltic Belgrade Debrecen Petsamo–Kirkenes...
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Battle of Kursk (redirect from Unternehmen Zitadelle)
began with the launch of the German offensive Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle), on 5 July, which had the objective of pinching off the Kursk...
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Battle of the Kerch Peninsula (redirect from Unternehmen Trappenjagd)
operatsiya) and ended with the German {{Operation Bustard Hunt (German: Unternehmen Trappenjagd), was a World War II battle between Erich von Manstein's...
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March, the Germans launched the ill-fated Operation Spring Awakening (Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen) in the Lake Balaton area. The expansive goals of this...
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Operation Southwind (German: Unternehmen Südwind) was a German offensive operation on the Eastern Front in Hungary, from 17–24 February 1945. The Germans...
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Operation Barbarossa (redirect from Unternehmen Barbarossa)
in action, 277 missing and captured, 1,000 sick and injured German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa...
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salient for the attack. On 15 April 1943 he authorised preparations for Unternehmen Zitadelle (Operation Citadel). The German offensive plan envisioned an...
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mine at Petsamo. The joint Finnish–German Operation Silver Fox (German: Unternehmen Silberfuchs; Finnish: operaatio Hopeakettu) was started on 29 June 1941...
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Operation Spring Awakening (German: Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen) was the last major German offensive of World War II. The operation was referred to...
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Operation Winter Storm (German: Unternehmen Wintergewitter), a German offensive in December 1942 during World War II, involved the German 4th Panzer Army...
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Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle) was the German offensive operation in July 1943 against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient, proposed...
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lacked heavy equipment to deal with Soviet armor. Operation Winter Storm (Unternehmen Wintergewitter), undertaken between 12 and 23 December 1942, was the...
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the Western Allies. After the failure of Operation Spring Awakening (Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen), Sepp Dietrich's 6th SS Panzer Army retreated in stages...
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the Estonian territory in a retreat codenamed Operation Aster (German: Unternehmen Aster). The Soviet offensive commenced with the Soviet 2nd Shock Army...
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Blitzfeldzüge 1939–1941. Vol. 2. Mittler & Sohn. p. 102. Post, Walter (2001). Unternehmen Barbarossa: deutsche und sowjetische Angriffspläne 1940/41. E.S. Mittler...
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Hungarian ethnic Germans). With the exception of Operation Spring Awakening (Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen), which was launched in March 1945, the siege of Budapest...
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