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    The Corps Berlin is a fraternity (Studentenverbindung) in Berlin, Germany, founded on February 9, 2009 with roots dating back to December 2, 1859. It is...
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    During World War I, German prisoner-of-war camps were run by the 25 Army Corps Districts into which Germany was divided. Around 2.4 million men were World...
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  • Magdeburg. In 1716 the 1st Kolberg corps of about seventy cadets was relocated to the Royal Prussian Cadet Corps in Berlin. Based at the newly erected Kadettenhaus...
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    Helmuth Weidling (category Battle of Berlin)
    months later when it found itself facing the same corps in the Battle of Berlin. The XLI Panzer Corps was rebuilt as part of the German 4th Army. The 4th...
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    The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the...
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    [oˈlʏmpi̯aˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn] ; English: Olympic Stadium) is a sports stadium at Olympiapark Berlin in Berlin, Germany. It was originally built by Werner March for the 1936 Summer...
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    Free Corps came from John Amery, a British fascist, son of the serving British Secretary of State for India, Leo Amery. John Amery travelled to Berlin in...
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    Freikorps (redirect from Frei Corps)
    Freikorps (German: [ˈfʁaɪˌkoːɐ̯], "Free Corps" or "Volunteer Corps") were irregular German and other European military volunteer units, or paramilitary...
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    being its second major component after I (BR) Corps. In 1946 the military postal address for Berlin based British troops was 'BAOR 2' but when the BFPO...
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    the 79th Rifle Corps of the 1st Belorussian Front first shelled Berlin. Thereafter, Soviet artillery continued the bombardment of Berlin and did not stop...
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  • LVI Panzer Corps was a panzer corps in the German Army during World War II. This corps was activated in February 1941 as the LVI Army Corps (mot.), for...
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    Rheno-Guestphalia Berlin, Corps Teutonia, Corps der Cimbern und Teutonen Berlin und Corps Cheruscia Berlin Jörn Berkefeld. "Corps Berlin". "Willkommen auf...
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  • Babylon Berlin is a German neo-noir television series. Created, written, and directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, and Hendrik Handloegten, it is...
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  • divisions. In 1945, the corps fought on the Oder line as part of the 9th Army, in the Frankfurt (Oder) area, and in the Battle of Berlin that followed. The...
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    inactive, and the III SS Panzer Corps was reassigned to the German Third Panzer Army as a reserve during the Soviets' Berlin Offensive Operation. During the...
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  • Army Detachment Steiner (category Battle of Berlin)
    mid-way in strength between a corps and an army, created on paper by Adolf Hitler on 21 April 1945 during the Battle of Berlin, and placed under the command...
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    Gulf War. When the Soviet Union cordoned off the city of Berlin in 1948, the Transportation Corps played a vital role in sustaining the city. Two years later...
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  • SA-Brigade 32 (Berlin-Mitte) Panzerjagdverband „Adolf Hitler" Bataillon 3/115 (Siemensstadt) 1st Belorussian Front 47th Army 125th Rifle Corps 175th Rifle...
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    century. The oldest corps still existing today was founded in 1789. Its members are referred to as corps students (Corpsstudenten). The corps belong to the...
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    General Headquarters in Berlin (Generalkommando in Berlin) and became the III Army Corps on 3 April 1820. Its headquarters was in Berlin and its catchment area...
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    The Corps was headquartered in Berlin, with its units garrisoned in the city and nearby towns (Potsdam, Jüterbog, Döberitz). Unlike all other Corps of...
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    Brigade (I. to IV. Battalions each w 4 companies). CI Corps General of Artillery Wilhelm Berlin 406th Volksartilleriekorps (I. to V. Battalions II. &...
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    General Theodor Busse) LVI Panzer Corps (General Johannes Block) XXXXVI Panzer Corps (General Walter Fries) VIII Corps (General Walter Hartmann) 4th Panzer...
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    Battle of Halbe (category Battle of Berlin)
    destroyed by SS-general Felix Steiner's III SS Panzer Corps advancing from the north of Berlin. Later in the day, Steiner made it plain that he did not...
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    four cities". The member fraternities are the Corps Altsachsen Dresden, Saxo-Thuringia München, Berlin and Hannoverania Hannover. The Blaues Kartell is...
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    Seelow Heights (German: Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen) was part of the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation (16 April – 2 May 1945). A pitched battle...
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    the capture of Berlin in May 1945. The First Army was formed in the Soviet Union in 1944, from the previously existing Polish I Corps as part of the People's...
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    schooling, Hammerstein joined the Cadet Corps in Plön in 1888 at the age of ten, followed by the Prussian Cadet Corps Berlin-Lichterfelde in 1893. He officially...
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    The I Corps is a corps of the United States Army headquartered in Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. It is a major formation of United States Army Pacific...
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  • "Kiev." "Berlin," Order of Lenin, Twice Red Banner, Suvurov and Kutuzov. Deactivated in the Moscow MD. 8th Guards Tank Corps 9th Guards Tank Corps – 3rd...
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