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Tannenberg (other)
Tannenberg may refer to Places * Tannenberg, Saxony, a town in the district of Annaberg in the German state of Saxony * Tannenberg, East Prussia, modern Stębark in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland People * David Tannenberg, a Moravian organ builder Middle Ages * Battle of Tannenberg (1410) or Battle of Grunwald First World War * Battle of Tannenberg (1914) in World War I * Tannenberg Memorial, commemorating the World War I battle * ''Tannenberg'' (video game), a first-person computer game set in WW1 Inter-war period * Tannenbergbund, a far right German political society founded by the German Army general Erich Ludendorff in 1925 * ''Tannenberg'' (film), a 1932 Swiss-German War film * Tannenberg (typeface), a Fraktur-family sans-serif type face designed in 1934 Second World War * Operation Tannenberg, codename of an extermination action directed at the Polish people during World War II * Tannenberg (minelayer), a World War II era German minelayer converted from civili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tannenberg, Saxony
Tannenberg is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. History From 1952 to 1990, Tannenberg was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on .... References Erzgebirgskreis {{Erzgebirgskreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Tannenberg
Operation Tannenberg (, ) was one of the first Anti-Polish sentiment, anti-Polish extermination actions by Nazi Germany in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German-occupied Poland from September 1939 to January 1940. The operation was conducted with the use of the ''Special Prosecution Book-Poland, Sonderfahndungsbuch Polen'', a proscription list of more than 61,000 members of the Second Polish Republic's elite were to be arrested then interned or shot. Around 20,000 Poles were arrested and killed by the ''Einsatzgruppen'' in a number of mass killings during Operation Tannenberg, which was followed by the shooting and gassing of hospital patients and disabled adults as part of the wider Aktion T4 programme. Implementation Between 1937 and 1939, Nazi Germany produced the ''Special Prosecution Book – Poland, Sonderfahndungsbuch Polen'' (Special Prosecution Book – Poland), a list of individuals in the Second Polish Republic who were seen as a potential threat to future Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danneberg
Danneberg is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Robert Danneberg (1882–1942), Austrian politician *Thomas Danneberg (1942–2023), German actor Sports *Jochen Danneberg (born 1953), East German ski jumper *Rolf Danneberg Rolf Danneberg (born 1 March 1953 in Hamburg) is a former German athlete who, representing West Germany, won the gold medal in discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics with 66.60 metres. He won the Olympic bronze medal in 1988 in Seoul. Biography ... (born 1953), German athlete in field events * Tim Danneberg (born 1986), German footballer See also * Dannenberg (other) {{surname, Danneberg German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Tannenberg Line
The Battle of Tannenberg Line (; ) or the Battle of the Blue Hills () was a military engagement between the German Army Detachment Narwa and the Soviet Leningrad Front. They fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus from 25 July–10 August 1944. The battle was fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. The strategic aim of the Soviet Estonian Operation was to reoccupy Estonia as a favorable base for the invasions of Finland and East Prussia. Waffen-SS forces included 24 volunteer infantry battalions from the SS Division Nordland, the SS Division Langemarck, the SS Division Nederland, and the Walloon Legion. Roughly half of the infantry consisted of the personnel of the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian). The German force of 22,250 men held off 136,830 Soviet troops. As the Soviet forces were constantly reinforced, their overall casualties are estimated by Estonian historian Mart Laar to be 170,000 dead and wounded. Background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Führerhauptquartier Tannenberg
''Führerhauptquartier'' Tannenberg (also known as "Installation T") was a ''Führer'' Headquarters built in 1939 for use as a military command and control facility by Adolf Hitler. It was located near Freudenstadt and Hitler stayed there for a week in 1940 while inspecting the fortresses that formed the Maginot Line. History Tannenberg was constructed on Kniebis Mountain in the heart of the Black Forest on the grounds of an existing installation of Germany's western air defense zone near Freudenstadt. Built by the Organization Todt in the winter of 1939–1940, it has been described as a prototype for the Wolf's Lair. The site's designation, "Tannenberg", was from the Battle of Tannenberg during World War I. Hitler stayed at the ''Führerhauptquartier'' Tannenberg from 28 June to 5 July 1940, following the Fall of France, using it as a base from which to tour the fortresses of the Maginot Line. This is the only time it was known to have been used by Hitler. Most of the buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Trawler V 303 Tannenberg
V 303 ''Tannenberg'' was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned in the Second World War by the Kriegsmarine for use as a ''vorpostenboot''. She was returned to her owners post war. In 1958, she was re-engined and converted to a cargo ship. In 1970 she was sold to Greece and renamed ''Panaghia''. She was sold to Panama in 1975 and was renamed ''Nikos'' then ''Chantal''. She was wrecked in 1978. Description The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was assessed at , . She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde, Germany. It was rated at 92 nhp. It drove a single screw propeller, and could propel the ship at . History ''Tannenberg'' was built at yard number 527 by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde for the Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei AG, Cuxhaven. She was launched in May 1935 and completed in July. The fishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of World War II Ships
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Naval warfare changed dramatically during the war, with the ascent of the aircraft carrier, and the impact of increasingly capable submarines. Destroyers saw dramatic improvements, as the set a new standard not only for Japanese vessels, but for navies around the world, and are co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
