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    The Condor Legion (German: Legion Condor) was a unit of military personnel from the air force and army of Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht which served with the...
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    The Condor Legion Tank Badge (German: Panzertruppenabzeichen der Legion Condor) was a German military decoration awarded to tank crews who served with...
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  • Legion Condor is a 1939 German war film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paul Hartmann, Albert Hehn and Fritz Kampers. The film portrays the German...
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  • der Legion Condor ("Song of the Condor Legion"), whose lyrics and music were written by Wolfram Philipps and Christian Jährig, two Condor Legion pilots...
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    of the Legion's aircraft compared to superior Soviet-made fighters. The War in the North was supported by a constantly re-equipping Condor Legion. In Operation...
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    Jagdgruppe 88 (J/88) was a German Condor Legion fighter group serving in the Spanish Civil War. J/88 consisted of a headquarters (Stab) and four squadrons...
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    the Legion Condor and the Nationalists. It was replaced in the fighter role by the Fiat CR.32 in the Fascist Nationalist Air Force, with the Legion Condor...
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    rebel Nationalist faction by its allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, under the code name Operation...
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    decade. In 1938, the type was dispatched to Spain to fight with the Legion Condor in the Spanish Civil War; the type reportedly performed well in this...
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    126 saw combat on numerous fronts, the first occasion being with the Legion Condor contingent that participated in the Spanish Civil War during the late...
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    times to prevent overheating. Many of these Bf 109 A-0 served with the Legion Condor and were often misidentified as B-series aircraft, and probably served...
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    engineers managed to repair them within two days. Furthermore, the Condor Legion and the Aviazione Legionaria started to bomb and destroy the pontoon...
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    Llano de la Encomienda. The same day of the Nationalist offensive, the Legión Condor bombed the town of Durango with 250 civilian deaths. The Navarrese troops...
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    Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" (KG 53; English: Condor Legion) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. Its units participated on all of the...
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  • Look up condor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Condor is the common name for two species of birds. Condor, CONDOR, El Condor, or The Condor may also...
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  • Civil War A legion is the regional unit of the Italian carabinieri Spanish Legion, an elite military unit within the Spanish Army Condor Legion, a unit of...
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    responsible for collecting and analyzing the tactical lessons learned by the Legion Condor during the Spanish Civil War. In March 1938, he was promoted General...
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    the base was supporting Seefliegerstaffel aircraft from the German Condor Legion, for instance, a number of Heinkel He 59. Nowadays, a number of amphibious...
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  • re-assembled she was assigned to Versuchsjagdgruppe 88, a group within the Legión Cóndor devoted to testing new planes. There she was nicknamed the Kanonenvogel...
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    Thoma formed part of Gruppe Imker, the ground formations of the German Condor Legion, who fought on the side of Franco's Nationalists. Between July and October...
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    of Biscay. As part of the offensive the Aviazione Legionaria and the Legion Condor bombed Durango, a town of 10,000 inhabitants that was also a key road...
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    enclave. The Nationalist force of 90,000 men, with support from the Condor Legion and the Corps of Volunteer Troops, attacked the Republican force of...
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    Oskar Dirlewanger (category Condor Legion personnel)
    he enlisted into the Spanish Legion during the Spanish Civil War. Through Berger he transferred to the German Condor Legion where he served from 1936 to...
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    Scherzer on 5 April 1944 as Staffelkapitän in the I./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor". According to Scherzer as Commander of Räumboot R-17 in the 1. Räum-Halbflottille...
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    1930s, 28 aircraft were sent to Spain as part of the German-manned Legion Condor. These aircraft saw action during the Spanish Civil War, typically as...
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    December and assigned to Versuchsjagdgruppe 88, a group within the Condor Legion devoted to testing new aircraft and joined three V-series Bf 109s which...
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  • the Spanish Civil War on the Nationalist side as part of the German Legion Condor. The division also took part in the annexation of Austria in March 1938...
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  • Foreign Legion, as did Kalevi Heikkinen who had been part of the fascist Lapua Movement with Edvard Karvonen. Karvonen opted to join the Condor Legion in Germany...
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  • /KG 3 (also known as I./KG.5) (Venlo) I./KG 53 "Legion Condor" (Gilze en Rijen) III./KG 53 "Legion Condor" (Gilze en Rijen) Luftwaffe V-1 fixed/mobile ramps...
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    Galland (Condor Legion) Mohamed Meziane Werner Mölders (Condor Legion) Walter Oesau (Condor Legion) Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (Condor Legion) Wolfram Freiherr...
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