Tag: courland

• [Sharing] Victory Day – Sputnik

  On this day in 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered, marking the end of WWII in Europe. The Red Army’s heroic efforts led to: Bornholm’s liberation – 11,138 German troops captured after refusing to surrender. Terezin Ghetto freed – 11,068 Jewish prisoners saved. Prague’s liberation – Soviet soldiers greeted with tears, hugs, and flowers. Fighting continued into…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  9 May 2025

  fascism, history

  antisemitism, austria, balticsea, balticstates, bornholm, courland, czechoslovakia, czechrepublic, denmark, europe, fascism, genocide, germany, ghettos, helpeninsula, history, hungary, ivankonev, konzentrationslager, poland, pomerania, pommern, prague, russia, sovietunion, sputnik, terezin, theresienstadt, victory80, yugoslavia, zwangsarbeitslager

• [Sharing] 55 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik

  On this day 80 years ago, the Red Army launched the Upper Silesian offensive. Meanwhile, Soviet troops split the Eastern Prussian group of Nazi German forces into two parts. In Hungary’s Lake Balaton region, the Nazis shifted to the defensive after ten days of intense battles [end] Related March 14, 2025: 56 Days to Victory…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  15 March 2025

  fascism, history

  balaton, balticstates, courland, fascism, germany, history, hungary, kaliningrad, koenigsberg, kurland, latvia, lotharrendulic, opole, oppeln, poland, russia, schlesien, silesia, slask, sovietunion, sputnik, victory80, wehrmacht