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457:coast, and destroyed there in March.
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400:In mid-July the scratch formation
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116:01/45 - 03/45 Heiligenbeil pocket
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52:October 1934 – March 1945
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98:06/40 Invasion of France
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501:General der Artillerie
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480:General der Infanterie
466:General der Artillerie
447:East Prussian Offensive
423:Infantry Divisions (at
371:14th Infantry Division
154:VI. Armeekorps (VI.AK)
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108:11/43 - 05/44 Vitebsk
517:Ralph Graf von Oriola
473:General der Pioniere
209:Under the command of
475:Otto-Wilhelm Förster
356:Infantry Divisions;
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253:Infantry Divisions;
211:Otto-Wilhelm Förster
451:Heiligenbeil pocket
445:where it faced the
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257:; heavy artillery,
255:1st Panzer Division
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173:6th Division
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166:World War II
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102:09/41 Vyazma
69:Nazi Germany
1279:LVI – LXXVI
1180:Panzerkorps
966:LXII – LXIX
801:XXX – XXXIX
590:German Army
489:Hans Jordan
443:Fourth Army
426:Kampfgruppe
260:Nebelwerfer
162:German Army
134:Hans Jordan
95:Engagements
18:World War I
1427:Categories
1141:LXXXX – CI
602:Armeekorps
547:References
461:Commanders
383:Bogushevsk
375:5th Guards
321:Division;
286:War crimes
276:Ninth Army
229:1941, 1942
178:Reichswehr
128:commanders
121:Commanders
1189:I – XXXIX
736:XX – XXIX
527:Footnotes
435:Brigade;
292:Wehrmacht
1328:Mountain
1266:XXXXVIII
1158:LXXXXVII
1123:LXXXVIII
898:XXXXVIII
404:Weidling
387:Berezina
146:VI Corps
132:General
1383:Cavalry
1261:XXXXVII
1221:XXXVIII
1118:LXXXVII
1098:LXXXIII
1063:LXXVIII
911:L – LIX
893:XXXXVII
878:XXXXIII
838:XXXVIII
671:X – XIX
453:on the
334:Vitebsk
323:Vitebsk
183:Münster
175:of the
160:of the
126:Notable
57:Country
1370:XXXXIX
1256:XXXXVI
1176:Panzer
1153:LXXXXI
1128:LXXXIX
1113:LXXXVI
1103:LXXXIV
1093:LXXXII
1043:LXXIII
1003:LXVIII
888:XXXXVI
883:XXXXIV
873:XXXXII
823:XXXIII
783:XXVIII
611:I – IX
455:Baltic
150:German
75:Branch
66:
49:Active
20:, see
1365:XXXVI
1345:XVIII
1301:LXXVI
1296:LVIII
1251:XXXXI
1226:XXXIX
1148:LXXXX
1108:LXXXV
1088:LXXXI
1058:LXXVI
1048:LXXIV
1038:LXXII
998:LXVII
978:LXIII
868:XXXXI
843:XXXIX
828:XXXIV
818:XXXII
778:XXVII
758:XXIII
718:XVIII
417:131st
391:Minsk
354:299th
350:197th
319:211th
315:246th
311:206th
251:256th
247:161st
243:110th
204:205th
158:corps
89:Corps
1360:XXII
1291:LVII
1246:XXXX
1216:XXIV
1083:LXXX
1053:LXXV
1033:LXXI
1008:LXIX
993:LXVI
983:LXIV
973:LXII
948:LVII
933:LIII
863:XXXX
833:XXXV
813:XXXI
788:XXIX
773:XXVI
763:XXIV
753:XXII
713:XVII
693:XIII
653:VIII
598:Army
421:61st
419:and
411:1945
379:39th
377:and
346:95th
340:1944
307:14th
301:1943
249:and
239:26th
202:and
200:15th
194:1940
144:The
85:Size
79:Army
1355:XXI
1350:XIX
1286:LVI
1211:XIV
1206:VII
1196:III
1028:LXX
988:LXV
953:LIX
938:LIV
928:LII
808:XXX
768:XXV
748:XXI
723:XIX
708:XVI
698:XIV
688:XII
648:VII
628:III
266:In
235:6th
221:of
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1340:XV
1201:IV
1163:CI
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