Table of Data Points

Tag : Germany

1945-04-21OKW at Zossen

The German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht headquarters (high command) comes under attack by Soviet troops.

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1945-04-211945-04-30Battle of Bautzen

In the last Germany armoured counter attack of the war, and arguably the last military victory, elements of the Fallschirm Panzer and Panzergrenadier Divisions "Hermann Goring" were successful in driving the 2nd Polish army from Bautzen.

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1945-04-18Heligoland Bombing

617 Avro Lancasters, 332 Handley Page Halifaxes, 20 de Havilland Mosquitoes bombed the Naval base, airfield, and town.

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1945-04-17Montese Liberated

Brazilian troops liberate the town of Montese after a three day battle with defending German forces.

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1945-04-16Colditz Liberated

US Troops liberate the town of Colditz and the notorious prisoner of war camp Oflag IV-C.

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1945-04-16Goya Sunk

In one of the largest maritime disasters in history, the German transport ship Goya was sunk by a Soviet submarine. When the ship went down she was carrying over 7000 civilians and wounded Wehrmacht troops. 183 survived.

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1945-04-161945-05-02Battle of Berlin

The last remaining depleted, badly equipped, and disorganised Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS divisions, as well as many Volkssturm and Hitler Youth members, fight in the suburbs of Berlin against Soviet troops.

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1945-04-161945-04-19Seelow Heights

Close to one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as "Gates of Berlin". They were opposed by about 110,000 German soldiers of the Ninth Army.

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1945-04-11Buchenwald Liberated

US troops liberate Buchenwald concentration camp. One of the first and largest concentration camp on German soil

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1945-04-091945-04-10Scheer Sunk

During a RAF air raid on the Kiel dockyards involving over 300 aircraft, the pocket Battleship Admiral Scheer was struck by bombs and capsized at her berth.

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