units such as the Leibstandarte, Das Reich and Hitlerjugend, and the 5th Panzer Army, commanded by General Hasso von Manteuffel. Model persuaded Jodl that...

Western Front. Early in 1915, after they were attacked by the French near Soissons, Seeckt devised a counterattack that took thousands of prisoners and dozens...

1916–18 / herausgegeben von Erich Ludendorff. Berlin: E. S. Mittler. Richard J. Evans (2003) The Coming of the Third Reich New York: Penguin. pp. 201–202...

died on 21 April 1736, aged 72. Prince Eugene was born at the Hôtel de Soissons in Paris on 18 October 1663. His mother, Olympia Mancini, was one of Cardinal...

Beginning in January 1915 the IX Reserve Corps was deployed for the Battle of Soissons. From the end of August until 17 September 1915, Boehn also acted as deputy...

had only 40 aircraft and IX. Fliegerkorps, under Sperrle's command at Soissons, 90. The U-boat arm continued to press for greater air protection in the...

Battle of the Marne in September before occupying a static position in the Soissons sector. Model was promoted to Oberleutnant on 25 February 1915. In May...

France. Clovis I, the son of Childeric, unified all Franks after conquering Soissons in 486 and Aquitaine in 507. He founded the Merovingian dynasty, which...

humiliating ecclesiastical penance that Louis was compelled to undergo at Soissons made apparent the change that had come about since Charlemagne in the theory...

Aichele's drawings depict places such as Achery, Doingt, Laon, Vraignes, Soissons. On each drawing he made a precise note of place, time and subject. His...

aerial victories, claimed over the Western Front and in Defense of the Reich in 124 combat missions. Born in Fürth, Mayer grew up in the Weimar Republic...

Burgundians was established around the Rhone; an autonomous Kingdom of Soissons was carved out from 457 by Roman military commanders between the Seine...

traditional medieval saints associated with beermaking, like Saint Arnold of Soissons. In one legendary tradition, he is beer's inventor or envoy. Although legend...

William Shirer, who afterwards wrote the book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, was present, and wrote of Hitler's reaction to seeing the monument: "Through...

wounded near Soissons. He lost one of his legs and was in a hospital until 1917. In 1918, Rothfels's dissertation on Carl von Clausewitz, "Carl von Clausewitz:...

was later added the Abbey of St-Germain des Prés, Abbey of St-Médard in Soissons, and the Abbey of St-Ouen. In July 818, Louis the Pious stopped at St-Denis...

Gruppe engaged in combat with twelve French Bloch MB.152 fighters near Soissons. For the loss of one pilot taken prisoner of war, four aerial victories...

his victories were claimed over the Western Front and in Defence of the Reich. Born in Reichelsheim, Hofmann grew up in the Weimar Republic and then in...

20th-century composers such as John Luther Adams and minimalist composer Steve Reich. Bardcore, which involves remixing famous pop songs to have a medieval instrumentation...

hangman who, with John C. Woods, executed the top 10 leaders of the Third Reich in Nuremberg on October 16, 1946, for crimes against humanity. During the...

aerial victories, claimed over the Western Front and in Defense of the Reich in 174 combat missions. Born in Raudten, Vogt grew up in the Weimar Republic...

1939. As the Pact of Steel was signed, the German Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, told Mussolini that there would be no war until 1942 or 1943...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carolingian manuscripts. Harald Wolter-von dem Knesebeck: Evangeliar Karls des Großen. In: Peter van den Brink, Sarvenaz...

Kingdom from 1701–1918 (since 1871–1918 Prussian King was Emperor of German Reich (personal union). The Prussian kings/German emperors were buried in Berlin...

Luftwaffe officer candidate school in Dresden, after completing compulsory Reich Labour Service. He swore the oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler on 16 April...

playwright, and director (b. 1898) 1956 – Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1873) 1958 – Frédéric...

victories, all of which claimed over the Western Front and in Defense of the Reich. Born in Lüchtringen, Radener grew up in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany...

remained operational but were converted to fighter units for Defence of the Reich duties. It is not known when KG 27 was disbanded. An anti-locomotive staffel...

Fighter Units of the German Air Force 1934 to 1945—Part 5—Defense of the Reich—10 May 1940 to 31 December 1941—Action in the Mediterranean Theater—October...

World War II, he was credited with 64 aerial victories in Defense of the Reich all of which claimed at night and includes the destruction of 57 four-engined...