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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > List of military missions, operations, and projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It cannot refer to success-you can't have 'Operation Wonderful'-for respect of the victims of the battle on either side.
Margarethe -- German operation to keep Hungary from falling to Russia and defecting to the Allies, in March 1944.
Operation Paperclip - a part-military, part-scientific operation to gain information out of Nazi scientists after the Second World War.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/li/List_of_military_missions,_operations,_and_projects?title=Prinz_Eugen   (1223 words)

  
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 WorldWarII -- History
Operation "Tungsten": 42 bombers and 80 fighters from the carriers Furious and HMS Victorious bombed the Tirpitz and caused sufficient damage with 15 hits to extend the vessel's inactivity by another 3 months.
The bridge at Arnhem, vital to the success of Operation Market Garden, during the battle between the British airborne troops (holding the north end of the bridge) and German forces (Allied invasion of Holland is also known as Airborne invasion of Holland, Arnhem, Operation Market Garden).
A German Airborne operation on a small scale was carried out against during the Ardennes offensive, there were a few other major Airborne operations launched by the Germans; at Holland May 1940 and at Crete May 1941.
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 Our First Century in America, by Merton S. Zeisset
Margarethe Mueller Zeisset was born Nov. 8, 1842 at Semd, Hessen, Germany and died Feb. 20, 1881 at Kreuzfeld, Wurttemberg, Germany with burial in the churchyard cemetery of the village about a mile to the east.
All the children of Jakob and Margarethe Zeisset were born in Kreuzfeld, part of the Schrozberg parish, in the Gerabronn district and baptized in Schrozberg.
Margarethe was the 7th child and 5th daughter of Johann Georg Mueller III and Anna Marie Schneider Mueller.
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 Shofar FTP Archives: people/e/eichmann.adolf/transcripts/Testimony-Abroad/Wilhelm_Hoettl-04
It is possible that it was also that, at this point in time, the concentration of the Jews in ghettos began; in any case, this method of deporting and rounding them up was also one of the phases which could serve for the seizure of the Jews.
The so-called Eichmann Sonderkommando was, it is true, part of the Sonderkommando of the Security Police and the SD in terms of provisioning, but was definitely in some sort of special position, with the precise details of which I am not familiar.
The overall operation in Hungary was influenced to the strongest degree by Himmler, who managed right from the beginning to exert very considerable influence on the manning of leading positions.
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 The Dutch Resistance During Operation Market Garden
By operating covertly, and passively, without overt hostile actions, the Dutch Resistance was able to function without attracting too much attention from their German occupiers.
They operated in an extremely decentralized manner and did not coordinate their activities unless another group's help was absolutely necessary.
Another reason for the tactical failure of the operation, especially at Arnhem, was the inability, because of the combat situation, not because of prejudice, to completely utilize the Dutch Resistance in the Arnhem area.
www.arnhemarchive.org /RepDutch.htm   (8930 words)

  
 Operation Margarethe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
During World War II, the Germans planned two Operations Margarethe.
Margarethe I was the occupation of Hungary by Nazi forces on 12 March, 1944.
Margarethe II was the planned Nazi invasion of Romania if that government were to surrender to the Soviets.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/o/op/operation_margarethe.html   (88 words)

  
 History Page | Operations and Codenames Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
During the six years of war that the Second World War lasted, a plethora of plans and operations were drawn up, executed or discarded.
Operation Fredericus II German operational plan for the Izyum area, 1942.
German operation using special forces dressed in allied uniforms during the Ardennes offensive, late 1944.
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 Settlement
Margarethe Meyer Schurz, wife of noted politician Carl Schurz, immigrated to Watertown with her husband in 1855.
While the kindergarten did not immediately develop into part of elementary school curriculum in the country, by the twentieth century, it became a popular program, and today it is an essential component of early childhood education.
The operation became primarily a printing plant, and the paper officially closed down in 1932.
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Operation 'U-Go' aims to destroy these units, push on through to Dimapur, cut off the Chinese and US forces, and open a route into India.
The Battle of Guam was a US operation to recapture the island of Guam from the Japanese in 1943, during WW II.
The Battle of Guam was a US operation to recapture the island of Guam from the Japanese in 1943, during World War II.
users.skynet.be /panzie/wo/history/1944.html   (3778 words)

  
 Shofar FTP Archives: people/e/eichmann.adolf/transcripts/Testimony-Abroad/Wilhelm_Hoettl-07
It was my impression that the relevant operational plan had been worked out months earlier by the General Staff, and only then I was informed of part of it.
Thus the beginning of these mass destruction operations can be taken to be the beginning of the Russian campaign in the summer of 1941.
The actual operation of the radio counter-intelligence or listening service was run by the Hungarian military authorities, but the entire undertaking was financed by me - or rather, by my Department - which therefore also took part in determining the entire set-up.
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 Talk:Eastern Front (World War II) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Finns would most surely conduct armed operations for months if not years, but the battle-hardened Finnish troops would not be able to sustain technical and numerical supperiority of the enemy for much longer.
The Germans seized approximately 5 to 15% of Soviet territory during the Operation Barbarossa.
I thought that there was an operation called From the Vistula to the Oder.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Eastern_Front_(WWII)   (11367 words)

  
 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
On 22 June 1941, the Germans invaded the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa).
On 19 March 1944, as a result of this duplicity, German troops quietly occupied Hungary in what was known as Operation Margarethe.
This time the Germans launched Operation Panzerfaust and Horthy was replaced by a puppet government under the pro-German Prime Minister Ferenc Szálasi.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Hungary   (3810 words)

  
 ForumGarden - Little Known Facts Regarding World War 2
Their tasks were; general duties, office clerks, operation room plotters, radar operators, telephonists etc. To the control room they became known as 'Boarding School Girls' while many pilots referred to them as the 'Beauty Chorus'.
This Berlin group was composed mainly of young Communist Jews and operated in Central Berlin and the districts of Kreuzberg and Neuköln.
Official files on Operation Mincemeat are not searchable until 2043 but in November 1995, some of the top secret files were released to reveal for the first time in 52 years, the true identity of 'Major Martin'.
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 16th RFSS Unit Formation & History
The retreat halted, and a new fortified position was established, through the passes and mountains of the Apennines, known as The Green Line (Gothic Line).This defensive line was 15 to 30 miles in depth, north of the Arno River, from the Ligurian Sea, incorporating Pisa, Bologna and Florence, continuing to the Adriatic coast.
The Hungarian campaign, "Operation Spring Awakening", was launched by Army Group F at midnight on March 5th 1945 along both shores of Lake Balaton, employing the 1st, 2nd and 4th SS-Panzer Korps, with "RFSS" deployed in the southern Lake zone.
The operation was directed against The Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front, commanded by Tolbukhin, including 6th Guards Tank Army, 4th and 9th Guards Armies, 27th and 26th Armies, and 1st Bulgarian Army.
www.angelfire.com /goth/16th_ss_panzer_gd/Unit_History.html   (2872 words)

  
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DISASTER DURING 'OPERATION TIGER' (April 23-30, 1944) In preparation for the D-Day landings on Utah beach, the US Forces were conducting a series of exercises on a stretch of beach called Slapton Sands, near Plymouth.
OPERATION CARTHAGE (March 21, 1945) At the request of the Danish resistance movement, a force of RAF Mosquitos attacked the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen.
S.O.E. ('Special Operations Executive') The S.O.E. was formed in July, 1940, on Churchill's orders to "Set Europe Ablaze." With headquarters at 64, Baker Street, London, its first recruits were originally from the armed forces but later both men and women were recruited from the civilian sector.
www.chatarea.com /tacticalgamers.quote2667690   (21149 words)

  
 The history of Flensburg
Inherited feifdom is granted to Count Gerhard VI of Holstein with the Dukedom of Schleswig by Queen Margarethe I of Denmark.
The new normative is put into force, dealing with the members of the municipal authority and the councillors, and which confers more powers on the councillors.
Building of the barracks on the Danish border The crematorium is put into operation The destruction of the Jägerslust estate belonging to the Wolff family in the pogrom night of 9-10.
www.flensburg.de /touristik/flbg_geschichte_tabelle_en.html   (2618 words)

  
 List of military missions, operations, and projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Apollo -- Canadian Navy's operation in support of the United States forces in Afghanistan.
Margarethe -- German operation to keep Hungary from falling to Russia and defecting to the Allies, in March 1944.
Neptune, Overall Allied naval operations for the invasion.
theezine.net /l/list-of-military-missions-operations-and-projects.html   (1232 words)

  
 Hannoveraner Verband - Termine
At the stallion licensing at Verden his breeder Margarethe Hagenah from Himmelpforten was awarded a precious bronze statuette and a check for 20,000.00 DM.
The bay stallion is the tenth Stallion of the Year, honoured for his importance for the Hanoverian breed.
Drosselklang II was born in 1984 at Margarethe Hagenah`s at Himmelpforten.
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JUDGES: ZILLY OPINIONBY: THOMAS S. Margarethe Cammermeyer brings this declaratory judgment action against the Government claiming that her discharge from military service under Army Regulation 135-175, based solely on her admission that she is a lesbian, violated her rights to equal protection of the laws guaranteed under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
I. Margarethe Cammermeyer is a former Colonel of the Washington State National Guard.
Conclusion All who had the opportunity to serve with Margarethe Cammermeyer agree that she was an outstanding officer and Army Nurse.
www.qrd.org /qrd/usa/legal/military/cammermeyer-v-aspin.txt   (10037 words)

  
 ab-con1
OPERATION 'JERICHO' - THE AMIENS RAID - The Fliers, The Resistance, The Raid led by Wing Commander Charles Pickard as told by John Reed.
- Operation 'Deadlight' - The sinking of 110 submarines from the German Navy in the north Atlantic in 1945/46.
Operation 'Market-Garden' - The Odyssey of Private Bachenheimer - Frank van Lunteren and Karel Margry investigate the wartime career of a Paratrooper of the 504th Parachute Infantry up to his death in t'Harde in Holland in October 1944.
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 VHS : Serving in Silence: the Margarethe Cammermeyer Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Glenn Close won an Emmy for her portrayal of Margarethe Cammermeyer in this 1995 made-for-television film.
An army medical officer in line for a career promotion during the Bush Administration, but suddenly faced discharge proceedings after admitting to being a lesbian, the real-life Cammermeyer became a focus of national attention on the issue of gays in the military.
A bit of dismissible controversy arose about a discreet kiss between the principals, but for the most part this film is designed to win over the hearts and minds of a broad audience with its sheer humanity.
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 List of military missions, operations, and projects : List of missions, operations, and projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This list is sorted by the operation's code name.
It cannot refer to success-you can't have 'Operation Wonderful'-for respect of the victims of the battle on either side.
Operation Paperclip - a part-military, part-scientific operation to gain information out of Nazi scientists after the Second World War.
www.city-search.org /li/list-of-missions,-operations,-and-projects.html   (1374 words)

  
 SLDN
The made-for-TV adaptation of Margarethe Cammermeyer's 1994 autobiography chronicles the decorated colonel's dismissal from the military solely based on her sexual orientation.
She met her partner, Diane Divelbess, in 1988, when she was 46 — after she had ended a 15-year marriage to a man and had four sons.
After Operation Iraqi Freedom was launched in March 2003, the dismissal rate for openly and purportedly gay military personnel dropped nearly 40 percent from 2001, just before the United States' invasion of Afghanistan.
www.sldn.org /templates/press/record.html?section=5&record=3198   (1188 words)

  
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Perry was frustrated by the problems he encountered as he tried to take care of his soldiers - including over-extended troops, deplorable living conditions and the lack of basic necessities including food, water, and supplies.
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 German Organizations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In the summer of 1944, it ceased to be operational.
Fought in Operation "Margarethe" in Hungary in 1944.
Assigned to the X Army in November for the defense of Bologna and in February 1945 was moved to Ravenna and Ferrara area.
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 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark - 9 Star Ki horoscope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This is further stressed by the mother of the kidneys, the Lungs being depleted and tired This tiredness will persist, although her recent back operation will help at some level on another do not be surprised if her energy levels drop.
Then we have Queen Margrethe’s recent back operation happening when he is in Australia with his girlfriend.
He has an attraction for speed, fast cars, fast boats etc. It is wise to make sure when he is operating in the fast lane that he is wearing some protective headgear.
www.grasshoppingtime.com /gateway/archive/qmd.html   (2205 words)

  
 Carl Schurz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The plan of campaign he conceived was to cross the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg, and thence to operate upon Richmond.
Most of the operating tables were placed in the open where the light was best, some of them partially protected against the rain by tarpaulins or blankets stretched upon poles.
The surgeon snatched his knife from between his teeth, where it had been while his hands were busy, wiped it rapidly once or twice across his blood-stained apron, and the cutting began.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAschurz.htm   (2922 words)

  
 Squadron's double couples team up on F-16 maintenance
It's unusual for those few couples to be in the same squadron, even rarer for them to hold the same job, and almost unheard of for them to be on deployment together in the same location.
Senior airmen Jason and Margarethe Via, 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, are one of those couples.
They are both F-16 crewchiefs with Aviano's "Triple Nickel" squadron and are deployed here as part of Operation Northern Watch.
www.ctlopez.com /story/2001_11_02.html   (782 words)

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