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    Operation Alberich (German: Unternehmen Alberich) was the code name of a German military operation in France during the First World War. Two salients had...
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    In German heroic legend, Alberich (German: [ˈalbəʁɪç]) is a dwarf. He features most prominently in the poems Nibelungenlied and Ortnit. He also features...
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  • Look up Alberich in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alberich is the dwarf of German and Old Norse mythology Alberich may also refer to: Alberic of Monte...
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    in February before the strategic retreat by about 25 mi (40 km) in Operation Alberich to the Siegfriedstellung (Hindenburg Line) in March 1917. Debate continues...
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    Hindenburg Line (category Military operations of World War I involving Germany)
    production. The retirement to the Hindenburg Line (Alberich Bewegung/Operation Alberich/Alberich Manoeuvre) took place from February to March 1917. News...
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    front, ahead of the scheduled German retirements of the Alberich Bewegung (Operation Alberich) and eventually took 5,284 prisoners. On 22/23 February...
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  • takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay)...
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    first. Ludendorff ordered 9 February to be the first day of the Alberich Bewegung (Alberich Manoeuvre) and 16 March the first marching day. On 17 March,...
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    Aisne front. The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line Operation Alberich (Unternehmen Alberich) left a belt of devastated ground up to 40 km (25 mi) deep...
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    first. Ludendorff ordered 9 February to be the first day of the Alberich Bewegung (Alberich Manoeuvre) and 16 March the first marching day. On 17 March,...
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    of 4.5-inch. After the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line (Operation Alberich) got under way two days later, 32nd DA was ordered on 16 March to...
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  • Germany recognised this problem early and devised Operation Alberich as an answer to it. Operation Alberich involved the construction, through the late winter...
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    ambush, soon after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich. Thomas Newman composed the film's musical score, while Roger Deakins...
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    German retirements made on the Somme front, preparatory to Operation Alberich (Unternehmen Alberich), the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. The Butte...
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  • forces during First World War poisoned wells in France as part of Operation Alberich. A few religions have laws condemning such scorched earth tactics...
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    German army in the west (Westheer), withdrew to the Hindenburg line in Operation Alberich, negating the tactical assumptions underlying the plans for the French...
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    with divisions released by the retreat to the Hindenburg Line in Operation Alberich. Nivelle left Petain in command of Groupe d'armées de Centre (GAC)...
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  • headquarters of the Army Group German Crown Prince. The two developed Operation Alberich which gave Germany some hope of winning the war. On 12 April 1917...
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    to prepared defensive positions on the Hindenburg Line as part of Operation Alberich. The Hindenburg Line was a series of fortifications intended to be...
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    front line. On 25 February the German armies west of the line began Operation Alberich a withdrawal to the line and completed the retirement on 5 April,...
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    the wasteland created during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and by Operation Alberich, the German retirement to the Hindenburg Line from February to March...
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    new Hindenburg Line defences well beyond the Somme battlefields (Operation Alberich), but 46th Division was withdrawn from the pursuit on 17 March. After...
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    1976. Neuman was arrested by the Gestapo in September 1939 during Operation Alberich and was taken to Buchenwald concentration camp where he joined the...
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    segment of the Hindenburg line across the base of the salient in Operation Alberich, leaving the ground they gave up as a depopulated waste land. The...
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  • Fromelles Battle of Pozières Battle of Ginchy 1917 Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917 Operation Alberich Nivelle Offensive Battle of Arras (1917) Battle...
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    the Germans began retreating to their Hindenburg Line defences (Operation Alberich). Patrols from 17th RF discovered this on 2nd Division's front at...
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    divisions to be employed against the Russians. Under the plan code named Operation Alberich, the Germans abandoned their old positions in a staged series that...
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    Scorched earth (category Scorched earth operations)
    1917, the German army made a strategic scorched-earth withdrawal (Operation Alberich) from the Somme battlefield to the prepared fortifications of the...
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    First Army was understrength after the Battle of Arras but since Operation Alberich, the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, in March, there was...
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    sector, following up the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line (Operation Alberich) in March, and 71st Bty and 44th (SA) Bde participated in the Battle...
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