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    The Battle of Halbe (German: Kesselschlacht von Halbe, Battle of the Halbe Pocket; Russian: Хальбский котёл, Halbe pocket) was a battle lasting from April...
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    only the opening phase of the Battle of Berlin. The result was the encirclement of the German 9th Army and the Battle of Halbe. On 9 April 1945, Königsberg...
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    north of Berlin. Before the main battle in Berlin commenced, the Red Army encircled the city after successful battles of the Seelow Heights and Halbe. On...
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    are part of Halbe: Briesen/Brand with the Tropical Islands resorts of Dom, Teurow, Freidorf and Oderin. Halbe was the site of the Battle of Halbe during...
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  • German activist Halbe Zijlstra (born 1969), Dutch politician Max Halbe (1865–1944), German dramatist Halbe, Brandenburg, Germany Battle of Halbe This disambiguation...
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    isolated by Soviet troops in the Siege of Budapest. In 1945 the German 9th Army was destroyed in the Battle of Halbe. In 1945, 325,000 German Army Group...
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    April–May 1945 Battle of the Oder-Neisse Battle of the Seelow Heights Battle of Halbe Battle of Bautzen (1945): April 1945 Prague Offensive Battle of Odzak: 19...
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  • 35th SS-Police Grenadier Division (category Infantry divisions of the Waffen-SS)
    was destroyed during the Battle of Halbe. Various remnants surrendered to American and Soviet forces near the demarcation line of the Elbe. Oberfuhrer Johannes...
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    Army in a large pocket east of Frankfurt. Attempts by the 9th Army to break out to the west would result in the Battle of Halbe. The cost to the Soviet forces...
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    would result in the Battle of Halbe. While the 1st Belorussian Front encircled Berlin, the 1st Ukrainian Front started the battle for the city itself...
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    Walther Wenck (category Recipients of the Order of the Star of Romania)
    Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 December 1942 as Oberst and chief of the general staff of the Armeegruppe Hollidt. Battle of Halbe – 1945 Hans Krebs...
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  • Army Group Vistula (category Army groups of the German Army in World War II)
    parts of the army group fought through the Battle of Berlin and Battle of Halbe, with some of its elements not surrendering until the end of the war...
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  • – May 1: Battle of Halbe – Elements of German 9th Army escape to the west April 30: Death of Adolf Hitler May 7: Unconditional surrender of Germany in...
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    1st Ukrainian Front (category Battle of Berlin)
    Stalingrad to Berlin Tissier, Tony Slaughter at Halbe Duffy, Christopher Red Storm on the Reich Antill, P., Battle for Berlin: April – May 1945. Erickson, John...
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    For comparison, in the Battle of Halbe on the Eastern Front from 24 April to 1 May 1945, over 30,000 German soldiers, out of a much smaller number encircled...
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    V Army Corps (Wehrmacht) (category Corps of Germany in World War II)
    General Busse ordered the 9th Army to break out of the Halbe pocket, the V Army Corps organized the protection of the southern flank. The Corps suffered heavy...
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    9th Army (Wehrmacht) (category Field armies of Germany in World War II)
    up with the 12th Army. The breakout, known as the Battle of Halbe, resulted in the destruction of the Ninth Army as a coherent force. Troops that were...
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  • Army Detachment Steiner (category Battle of Berlin)
    sent south-west of Frankfurt (Oder) and assigned to the V SS Mountain Corps, where it would later be destroyed in the Battle of Halbe. Heinrici ordered...
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    Waffen-SS (category Military history of Germany during World War II)
    It fought in the Battle of the Seelow Heights (16–19 April) and the Battle of Halbe (21 April – 1 May), both part of the Battle of Berlin. The Waffen-SS...
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  • fortress, but failed. The corps then fought in the Battle of the Seelow Heights and the Battle of Halbe in late April 1945 and was defeated by Soviet troops...
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  • Hans von Luck (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
    Luck surrendered to the Soviet forces while attempting a breakout from the Halbe pocket on 27 April 1945.[citation needed] After the war, Luck was interned...
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    Field artillery (category Military history of the Ming dynasty)
    Battle of the Oder–Neisse Battle of Halbe Second Battle of Fallujah Operation Medusa Siege of Sangin Battle of Mạo Khê Battle of Long Dinh Battle of Chosin...
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    Theodor Busse (category Battle of Berlin)
    as the Battle of Halbe, but remnants ultimately managed to break through to the west to link up with General Walther Wenck’s 12th Army south of Beelitz...
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    Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class)
    village of Halbe, south-east of Berlin. He committed suicide a day later while in captivity. Other accounts state he died on 2 May in the Battle of Halbe. Posthumously...
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    Gerhard Engel (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 2nd Class)
    Hürtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Halbe. From 13 April 1945 until the end of World War II, Engel commanded the Infantry Division...
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  • 303rd Infantry Division (category Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II)
    April 1945, at the rear end of the Battle of the Seelow Heights, the division was trapped in the cauldron of the Battle of Halbe and subsequently forced to...
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  • V SS Mountain Corps (category Military units and formations of Germany in Yugoslavia in World War II)
    of the 9th Army, in the Frankfurt (Oder) area, and in the Battle of Berlin that followed. The corps' war diary was destroyed (with only fragments of copies...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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  • Johannes Hölz (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
    recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Johannes Hölz was killed on 29 April 1945 during the retreat of 9. Armee during the Battle of Halbe. Iron...
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    Chancellor of Germany, in the Flensburg Government. The U.S. Seventh Army reached Hitler's birthplace of Braunau am Inn, Austria. The Battle of Halbe ended...
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