Table of Data Points

Tag : Germany

1943-02-18White Rose Arrested

Hans and Sophie Scholl, ringleaders of the anti-war White Rose movement, are into Gestapo custody. The other active members of the movement are soon arrested and interrogated.

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1943-02-14Rostov-on-Don

Soviet troops re-enter Rostov-on-Don, a strategic railway junction, river port and gateway to the Caucus oil-fields. It would take 10 years to repair the damage to the city.

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1943-02-141943-02-17Sidi Bou Zid

US troops from the 1st Armoured Division CCA (Combat Command A), CCB and CCC is forced to retreat after losing losing 46 medium tanks, 130 vehicles and 9 self-propelled guns.

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1943-02-08Soviets take Kursk

Soviet troops enter Kursk.

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1943-01-31Paulus Surrenders

Field Marshal Paulus surrenders the 6th army at Stalingrad and, referring to Hitler's expectations of suicide or holding out to the last man, says "I have no intention of shooting myself for this Austrian corporal".

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1943-01-23Tripoli Captured

With Rommel withdrawing to the French-built southern defenses of Tunisia, the Mareth Line, following the Second Battle of El Alamein. The British 8th Army enter Tripoli.

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1943-01-18Warsaw Uprising Launched

The Jewish effort to prevent the remaining Warsaw Ghetto population being moved to Treblinka extermination camp begins.

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1942-12-22V-2 Development Begins

Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.

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1942-12-121942-12-23Winter Storm

Efforts by General Manstein to break through to the encircled 6th army at Stalingrad. Hitler's explicit order that the 6th army not break out of Stalingrad and Paulus's refusal to disobey that order doomed the attempt.

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1942-11-22Sixth Army surrounded

General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.

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