Day: Second World War
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Excursion in the Colmar region (FR)
After French forces reached the Rhine at Mulhouse and Strasbourg in November 1944, the Alsace bridgehead held by the Wehrmacht protruded like a bulge into the Allied front. Heavy [...]
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Remembrance weekend NORDWIND, Upper Rhine (DE/FR)
Following the Battle of the Bulge, the Wehrmacht launched its last major offensive in the west - NORDWIND - in the night from 31 December 1944 to 1 January 1945. The aim was to achieve victory with several [...]
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Remembrance of the destruction of Küstrin in 1945, Kostrzyn nad Odra (PL)
Public event in the fortress Kostrzyn nad Odra (PL) to commemorate the almost complete destruction of the city of Küstrin by the Red Army in spring 1945.
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Excursion, Bitche (FR)
Excursion (hike) in the Bitsch area, which was heavily contested in December 1944. Fortifications of the Maginot Line were also involved in the fighting. Further information and registration
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Excursion Strasbourg (FR) - Kehl (DE)
Excursion along the two banks of the Rhine near Strasbourg-Kehl to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Strasbourg. Further information and registration
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Excursion Hardtwald battery (DE)
Excursion to the Hardtwald battery south of Karlsruhe, whose three gun emplacements for originally 17 cm naval guns were converted at great expense from September 1944 as part of the rearmament of the western fortifications to accommodate 17 cm long-barrelled guns. In the [...]
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Themed lecture "Malgrés-Nous" in Alsace 1944-1945, Walbourg (FR)
Lecture by Professor Geoffrey Koenig on the conscripted Alsatian and Lorraine Wehrmacht soldiers "Les inocorporés de force dans la campagne de l'Alsace 1944-1945" in conjunction with a guided tour of the [...]
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West Wall cycle tour
The Westwall was a gigantic, 630 km long military defence line on the western border of the German Reich. Discover anti-tank ditches, hump lines, blasting funnels and bunkers of the Westwall in the section from the Rhine to the Palatinate Forest during our cycle tour.
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