Submarine pen (redirect from Elbe II U-boat bunker)
pens and air raid shelters. By the autumn of 1940, construction of the "Elbe II" bunker in Hamburg and "Nordsee III" on the island of Heligoland was under...
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Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, is the day Soviet and American troops met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end...
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The Elbe (German: [ˈɛlbə] ; Czech: Labe [ˈlabɛ] ; Low German: Ilv or Elv; Upper and Lower Sorbian: Łobjo, pronounced [ˈwɔbʲɔ]) is one of the major rivers...
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Type XXI submarine (category World War II submarines of Germany)
of U-2505, U-3004, and U-3506 were still in the partially demolished "Elbe II" U-boat bunker in Hamburg. The bunker has since been filled in with gravel...
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The Elbe–Lübeck Canal (German pronunciation) (also known as the Elbe–Trave Canal) is an artificial waterway in eastern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It...
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to Valdemar II, who now built a bridge of the Elbe and fortified a forward post in Harburg upon Elbe. In 1209 Otto IV persuaded Valdemar II to withdraw...
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List of U-boats never deployed (category Lists of World War II ships)
Howaldtswerke, Kiel Commander Fate: Never finished and scuttled in front of the Elbe II bunker in Hamburg on May 3, 1945. U-boat.net webpage for U-684 Type: VIIC...
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Germany capturing Hamburg and Nuremberg. American and Soviet forces met at the Elbe river on 25 April, leaving unoccupied pockets in southern Germany and around...
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time on the River Elbe near the end of the World War II. This meeting occurred on April 25, 1945, which was usually remembered as “Elbe Day” in Western...
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Black Elster, where it empties into the Elbe. The International Bicycle Trail R2 runs through Elster along the Elbe. A reaction ferry is still used here...
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Production of bazookas and grenades Schönebeck/Elbe I Schönebeck Junkers Manufacture of aircraft Schönebeck/Elbe II Schönebeck Nationale Radiatoren Manufacture...
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Valentin submarine pens (category Military history of Germany during World War II)
the U-boat pen Nordsee III on the German island of Helgoland, Fink II and Elbe II in Hamburg and Kilian in Kiel. Other sites in Germany and other occupied...
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German submarine U-3506 (category World War II submarines of Germany)
Type XXI boats (along with U-2505 and U-3004) that were scuttled in the Elbe II U-boat bunker. The bunker has since been filled in with gravel, although...
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Schönhausen (redirect from Schönhausen (Elbe))
("collective municipality") Elbe-Havel-Land. The village is situated on a terminal moraine, stretching along the eastern bank of the Elbe River. It is located...
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Lauenburg (redirect from Lauenburg (Elbe))
Elbe (English: Lauenburg on the Elbe), is a town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the northern bank of the river Elbe,...
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The Dresden Elbe Valley is a cultural landscape and former World Heritage Site stretching along the Elbe river in Dresden, the state capital of Saxony...
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Gerda Wegener (section Lili Elbe)
at times and many were inspired by her partner, transgender painter Lili Elbe. Wegener employed these works in the styles of Art Nouveau and later Art...
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Valdemar II was imprisoned from 1223 to 1224. After World War II, Dannenberg was part of West Germany. However, it is situated very close to the Elbe river...
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for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II Results for Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II Results...
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Polabian Slavs (redirect from Elbe Slavs)
as Elbe Slavs and more broadly as Wends, is a collective term applied to a number of Lechitic (West Slavic) tribes who lived scattered along the Elbe river...
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Mühlberg, Brandenburg (redirect from Muehlberg (Elbe))
town in the Elbe-Elster district, in the southwesternmost part of Brandenburg, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the river Elbe, about halfway...
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Bohemian Switzerland (category Elbe Sandstone Mountains)
region in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the northwestern Czech Republic, protected as a national park. It has been a protected area (as Elbe Sandstone Mountains...
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The Dove Elbe (German pronunciation) is a closed anabranch of the Unterelbe, the lower part of the river Elbe (near Hamburg, Germany). The inflow has been...
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the Empire to abandon its major territorial holdings east of the Elbe river. Otto II died suddenly in 983 at the age of 28 after a ten-year reign. He...
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Elbe 17 is the third largest dry dock in Germany, located in Hamburg (Germany) and administrated by shipbuilding company Blohm + Voss. Completed in 1942...
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coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Elbe Project (German: Elbe-Projekt) was the name of the first commercial, static high voltage...
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Sonderkommando "Elbe" was the name of a World War II Luftwaffe task force assigned to bring down heavy bombers by ramming them in mid-air. Its sole mission...
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Torgau (category Populated places on the Elbe)
Torgau (German: [ˈtɔʁɡaʊ̯] ) is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district Nordsachsen. Outside...
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Stade (category Populated places on the Elbe)
soon after again to Valdemar II. In 1209 Emperor Otto IV persuaded his ally Valdemar II to withdraw into the north of the Elbe, and the deposed Prince-Archbishop...
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