Army Norway (Armeeoberkommando Norwegen, abbreviated AOK Norwegen) was a German army operating in Norway and Finland during World War II. It was one of...
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742nd StuG Battalion Army Norway (Wehrmacht) "Armee Lappland / 20. Gebirgs-Armee". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved 12 April...
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The German Army (German: Heer, German: [heːɐ̯] ; lit. 'army') was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany...
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1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force). The designation "Wehrmacht" replaced the previously used term...
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involved in any fighting in Norway. The Höheres Kommando z.b.V. XXXIII was renamed 33rd Army Corps on 23 January 1943. The 33rd Army Corps capitulated to the...
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During World War II, the German Wehrmacht (combined armed forces - Heer, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe) committed systematic war crimes, including massacres...
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Gebirgs-Division) was a formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was created from the Austrian Army's 5th and 7th Divisions following the Anschluss...
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The Neutral Ally: Norway's relations with belligerent powers in the First World War (1995) "Norwegian volunteers in the Wehrmacht and SS". Nuav.net....
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The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (German: [ˈoːbɐkɔˌmando deːɐ̯ ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt] ; abbreviated OKW German: [oːkaːˈveː] ; Armed Forces High Command) was the supreme...
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Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (category Colonel generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht))
the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in 1940, and was commander of German troops during the occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1944. After the war,...
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Infanterie-Division) was a German Army infantry division in World War II. Formed in November 1939, it was engaged in the invasion of Norway the following year. It...
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Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive (category 1944 in Norway)
Red Army against the Wehrmacht in 1944 in the Petsamo region, ceded to the Soviet Union by Finland in accordance with the Moscow Armistice, and Norway. The...
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Operation Weserübung (redirect from 4/9 1940 Denmark/Norway)
first land combat between the British Army and the Wehrmacht in World War II. In land battles at Narvik, Norwegian and Allied forces under General Carl...
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who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II were ethnic Belgians, Czechs, Dutch, Finns, Danes, French, Hungarians, Norwegians, Poles, Portuguese...
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southern Norway and from there to northern Finland. It took part in Operation Barbarossa in mid-1941. It was part of the German AOK Norwegen (Army Norway) and...
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remaining in Finland. The Wehrmacht had anticipated this turn of events and planned an organised withdrawal to Nazi-occupied Norway, as part of Operation...
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German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was deployed in March 1942. Throughout the war, it was stationed in the north of occupied Norway. The Höheres...
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Panzer corps (section Army)
corps (German: Panzerkorps) was an armoured corps type in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. The name was introduced in 1941, when the motorised...
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Franz Böhme (category Austro-Hungarian Army officers)
29 May 1947) was an Army officer who served in succession with the Austro-Hungarian Army, the Austrian Army and the German Wehrmacht. He rose to the rank...
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Höh.Kdo.70, was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Throughout the war, it was deployed in occupied Norway. The Höheres Kommando...
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The relationship between the Wehrmacht (from 1935 to 1945 the regular combined armed forces of Nazi Germany) and the Nazi Party which ruled Germany has...
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Adolf Heusinger (category German Army personnel of World War I)
Chief within the general staff of the High Command of the German Army in the Wehrmacht from 1938 to 1944. He was then appointed acting Chief of the General...
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World War II tanks of the Nazi German Wehrmacht, the Cold War tanks of the West German and East German Armies, all the way to the present day tanks of...
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Oberstleutnant (category Articles containing Norwegian-language text)
into a less militarized structure. The Wehrmacht (1935-1945) of Nazi Germany used the rank of Oberstleutnant for Army and Air Force, much in the same style...
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Military forces such as the Army Norway (Heer) and Luftwaffe remained under direct command of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht in Germany throughout the war...
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Wehrmachtbefehlshaber (redirect from Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Dänemark (Wehrmacht))
Commander') was the German chief military position in countries occupied by the Wehrmacht which were headed by a civilian administration. The main responsibilities...
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by Oswald Lutz, Guderian's mentor, the idea gained more support in the Wehrmacht, and after 1933 was also supported by Adolf Hitler. The first three panzer...
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mountain ranges of Norway, where the 2 factions fighting were the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the German Wehrmacht List of Norwegian military equipment...
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transferred to serve under the 20th Mountain Army in Lapland, and remained there until it withdrew into Norway at the beginning of 1945. It surrendered to...
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Eduard Dietl (category Colonel generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht))
for troops who employed the use of slave laborers in Wehrmacht penal camps in Finland and Norway. The camps employed extermination through work. The so-called...
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