Fortress, known in German as Festung Posen (Polish: Twierdza Poznań) was a set of fortifications in the city of Poznań (German: Posen) in western Poland, built...

Festung Stalingrad following the city's encirclement in Operation Uranus Festung Warschau — used in different contexts in 1939 and 1944 Festung Posen...

Fort Winiary was part of Festung Posen ("Fortress Poznań"), a system of defensive fortifications around the Polish city of Poznań. Fort Winiary was first...

in 1828, and in subsequent years the entire set of defenses called Festung Posen was completed. A Greater Poland Uprising during the Revolutions of 1848...

victors of Stalingrad. The defenders made use of some of the surviving Festung Posen fortifications that had been built during Prussian rule in the 19th...

restrictions imposed by the Prussian military administration creating Festung Posen ("Poznań Stronghold"), see Poznań in the Kingdom of Prussia (1793–1918)...

Winiary") were built between 1828 and 1842. This was part of the overall Festung Posen system of fortifications built around the city from the 1830s onwards...

authorities in the late 19th century, in the second stage of their Festung Posen plan. It was built in 1876–1880 (with improvements in 1887–1888). At...

century. To strengthen the city's defences, in the second stage of the Festung Posen scheme, an outer ring of forts was built to encircle the city. The nine...

Fortress Posen (Festung Posen). The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. Division Posen 1 initially...

Fortress Posen (Festung Posen). The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. Division Posen 2 initially...

for places with a higher concentration of troops, such as 123 321 for Festung Posen. Letters following the digits indicated under which command the recipient...

Warta further north than previously. For details of these works, see Festung Posen. Unlike the majority of the fortifications of left-bank Poznań, those...

Ewert Heer 15-HMajor Abschnitts-Kommandant (sector commander) West/Festung Posen 22 February 1945 — — 751 Fritz-Georg von Rappard Heer 19-HGeneralleutnant...

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grounds of the Mainz Citadel, and held 700 POWs. Rosenberg. Located in Festung Rosenberg above the town of Kronach. Charles de Gaulle was held as a POW...

American, Norwegian, and Soviet POWs. Poznań was declared a stronghold city (Festung) in the closing stages of the war, being taken by the Red Army in the Battle...

of any war crime. Reinefarth was born in Gnesen (Gniezno), Province of Posen. After finishing the gymnasium in 1922, he studied law at the University...

it was surrounded by the Red Army and was declared a "fortress city" (Festung) by Adolf Hitler. Lange, who could not have any doubts about his fate if...

Berlin The Battle of Kolberg or Battle of Kołobrzeg (also, battle for Festung Kolberg) was the taking of the city of Kolberg, now the city of Kołobrzeg...

has been additionally fortified by the erection of a strong citadel at Posen; and the southern was to be still further protected by the formidable works...

1945 during World War II even though the town was declared a fortress (Festung) in an attempt to block the Red Army's route to Berlin. The nearly empty...

filled with goods, furniture, textiles, and medical supplies from Warsaw to Posen (Poznań). During the whole time that fighting was ongoing Greiser evacuated...

high ramparts. The word Feste or Veste ("fort") stems, like the words Festung ("fortress") and Befestigung ("fortification") from the adjective fest...

Reserve Infantry Regiment Leinbach Infantry Regiment Runge (4 Btl) Festungs MG Abt 6 Festungs MG Abt 14 Ersatz/Ulan Regiment 4 Squadron v. Sprenger one 9-Cm...

in the city by Germany. In 1944, the city was selected as a fortress — Festung Kolberg. The 1807 siege was used for the last Nazi propaganda film, Kolberg...

territorial unit 3202024. Werk, Günter (3 June 2009). "Als meine Stadt zur Festung wurde" (in German). Der Spiegel. Retrieved 19 October 2023. "Player's Polish...

Grundsätze, nach welcher der Bedarf an Sandsäcken zur Vertheidigung einer Festung berechnet werden kann". In Otto; et al. (eds.). Archiv für die Offiziere...

zumeist nach Urkunden. Berlin 1865, pp. 434–502 (Volltext) Auerbach, Horst: Festung und Marinegarnison Stralsund. Hinstorff-Verlag, Rostock 1999, ISBN 3-356-00835-8...

division of the V Reserve Corps and was raised primarily in the Province of Posen and the Province of West Prussia. The 9th Reserve Division began the war...