Seelow (German pronunciation: [ˈzeːloː] ) is a German town, seat of the Märkisch-Oderland, a district of Brandenburg. As of 2013 its population was of...
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The Battle of the Seelow Heights (German: Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen) was part of the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation (16 April – 2 May 1945)...
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The Seelow Heights are situated around the town of Seelow, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of Berlin, and overlook the Oderbruch, the western flood plain...
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commenced, the Red Army encircled the city after successful battles of the Seelow Heights and Halbe. On 20 April 1945, Hitler's birthday, the 1st Belorussian...
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Offensive Operation (16 April – 5 May 1945) by the 2nd Belorussian Front. Seelow–Berlin Offensive Operation (16–19 April 1945) by the 1st Belorussian Front...
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SV Victoria Seelow is a German football club based in the town of Seelow, located in the state of Brandenburg. Founded on August 2, 1908, the club has...
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Lebus. In 1863 Seelow became the seat of the administration of the district of Lebus, and in 1950 the district was renamed to Kreis Seelow. In 1952 the...
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Seelow-Gusow station is a railway station in the municipality of Gusow-Platkow in the Märkisch-Oderland district of Brandenburg, Germany. It serves the...
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area in front of the Seelow Heights. The 2nd Belorussian Front moved into the positions being vacated by the 1BF north of the Seelow Heights. While this...
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withdrawn from their positions in the Oder to the fortified positions of the Seelow Heights further west after they had received intelligence about the expected...
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Seelow (Mark) station is a railway station in the municipality of Seelow (Mark), located in the Märkisch-Oderland district in Brandenburg, Germany. Eisenbahnatlas...
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Stalingrad. He returned to the front, and finished the war at the Battle of the Seelow Heights in Germany, with the military rank of captain. He became a member...
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Amt Seelow-Land is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. Its seat is in Seelow, itself not...
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occasion was the Red Army use of searchlights during the Battle of the Seelow Heights in April 1945. 143 searchlights were directed at the German defence...
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of the Oder during the Battle of the Oder-Neisse and the Battle of the Seelow Heights, almost 95% of its buildings were destroyed (including all 32 of...
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reserve during the Soviets' Berlin Offensive Operation. During the Battle of Seelow Heights, the first major battle of the offensive, General Gotthard Heinrici...
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General Gotthard Heinrici's Army Group Vistula during the Battle of the Seelow Heights and advanced to the outskirts of Berlin. In denial about the dire...
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needed] On 16 April 1945, Weidling prepared to take part in the Battle of the Seelow Heights, which was part of the broader Battle of the Oder-Neisse. Weidling's...
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it was badly mauled on the approaches to Berlin during the Battle of the Seelow Heights, and was destroyed during the Battle of Halbe. Various remnants...
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Reznov flee into the Volga River. In April 1945, during the Battle of the Seelow Heights, Dimitri is saved from capture by German soldiers by the advancing...
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Panzer-Division Müncheberg was a German panzer division which saw action on the Eastern Front around Berlin during World War II. Panzer-Division Müncheberg...
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Soviets break into Austria and take Vienna April 16 – April 19: Battle of the Seelow Heights – Zhukov's costly frontal assault on Berlin April 16 – May 2: Battle...
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United Kingdom (1980) Ramla, Israel (1987) La Trinidad, Nicaragua (1989) Seelow, Germany (1990) Stazzema, Italy (2019) Moers Festival Burma-Shave, which...
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Oder. Three of the 9th Army's formations were tasked with defending the Seelow Heights, which was the last defensible region before Berlin. To the north...
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the war, it was the place of heavy fights, including the Battle of the Seelow Heights and Battle of Berlin, won by the Allied Soviet and Polish armies...
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district, until a 1993 merger with Bad Freienwalde and Seelow formed "Märkisch-Oderland", with Seelow becoming the new administrative seat of the district...
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capital. Specifically, Busse commanded the 9th Army during the Battle of Seelow Heights and the Battle of the Oder-Neisse. In April 1945, during the Battle...
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into an area in front of the Seelow Heights. The 2BF moved into the positions being vacated by the 1BF north of the Seelow Heights. While this redeployment...
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division was sent to join Helmuth Weidling's LVI Panzer Corps defending the Seelow Heights, to stiffen the sector held by the 9th Parachute Division. The Nederland...
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Sebnitz (Saxony) Seehausen (Altmark) (Saxony-Anhalt) Seeland (Saxony-Anhalt) Seelow (Brandenburg) Seelze (Lower Saxony) Seesen (Lower Saxony) Sehnde (Lower...
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