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German fortresses ( German: "Festungen"; called pockets by the Allies) during World War II were bridgeheads, cities, islands and towns designated by Adolf Hitler as areas that were to be fortified and stocked with food and ammunition in order to hold out against Allied offensives. An Atlantic Wall Bunker.
The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1918) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty ( Wehrhoheit) of Bavaria into that of the German State in 1919. The Bavarian Army was never comparable to the armies of the Great Powers of ...
Alpine Fortress. The Alpine Fortress ( German: Alpenfestung) or Alpine Redoubt was the World War II German national redoubt planned by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler in November and December 1943. [a] Plans envisaged Germany's government and armed forces retreating to an area from "southern Bavaria across western Austria to northern Italy".
Atlantic Wall. The Atlantic Wall (German: Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticipated Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe from the United Kingdom, during World War II. The ...
The forts of Metz are two fortified belts around the city of Metz in Lorraine. [note 1] Built according to the design and theory of Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières at the end of the Second Empire —and later Hans von Biehler while Metz was under German control—they earned the city the reputation of premier stronghold of the German reich. [1]
In 1945 the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service) transferred personnel to the army to form new divisions as part of the 35th Aufstellungswelle, the last of the war. RAD-Division Nr. 1 Schlageter. RAD-Division Nr. 2 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. RAD-Division Nr. 3 Theodor Körner.
Fortress Crete. German paratroopers preparing to execute civilians in Kondomari, Crete. German assault on Crete. Arm bands of a German soldier who served in Crete and Africa. Fortress Crete ( German: Festung Kreta) was the term used during World War II by the German occupation forces to refer to the garrison and fortification of Crete .
429 dead, 668 wounded [4] more than 2,000 dead [5] about 6,800 captured [6] The defense of Brest Fortress was the first battle of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union launched on 22 June 1941. The German Army attacked without warning, expecting to take Brest on the first day, using only infantry and artillery, but it took ...