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    of the Kaunas city municipality and the Kaunas District Municipality. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas. Kaunas is located...
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    The Kaunas offensive covered the operations of Chernyakhovsky's 3rd Belorussian Front from 28 July to 28 August, towards the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, subsequent...
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  • between Žalgiris Kaunas and CSKA Moscow served as a major inspiration for the Lithuanian national revival, especially when they played in Kaunas Sports Hall...
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    supervised by SS Brigadeführer Walter Stahlecker started the Kaunas pogrom in and around Kaunas on 25 June 1941. In 1941, the Lithuanian Security Police (Lietuvos...
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    Bolshevik forces from directly attacking Kaunas, Lithuania's second-largest city. The Red Army would need to encircle Kaunas and attack through Alytus or Kėdainiai...
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  • Žalgiris Kaunas on March 17, 2013 (18/18) Most free throws made in a game without a miss 18 by Nikola Mirotić ( Real Madrid), against Žalgiris Kaunas on March...
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    attack on Kaunas in February 1919 in order to end the existence of an independent Lithuania. The Red Army's command planned to occupy Kaunas with a pincer...
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    and organizational headquarters in Kaunas. The communication and coordination between the centers in Berlin, Kaunas, and Vilnius were rather poor. The...
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    "'Sonderbehandlung erfolgt durch Strang'" [Special treatment is done by train]. ns-archiv.de. Hertzstein, Robert Edwin (1978). The War That Hitler Won: The Most Infamous...
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    Polish–Lithuanian War (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Lithuanians relied on the aid of German troops to stop the Red Army offensive before it reached Kaunas. At first, the Soviets were successful but this came to a...
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    Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    border defences and rapidly advanced through the Baltic states by capturing Kaunas and Riga by 1 July. As commander of the army group, Leeb had jurisdiction...
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    Courland Pocket (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Group Centre, and ended on 29 August. In its final stages (the Kaunas and Šiauliai Offensives), Operation Bagration saw Soviet forces strike deep towards...
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    Denial of the 7 October attacks Tet Offensive Massacre at Huế Attack on Pearl Harbor September 11 attacks Ramadan Offensive (2003) List of major terrorist...
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    January, 400 volunteers were stationed in Alytus, Jonava, Kėdainiai, and Kaunas. They formed the basis for the 46th Saxonian division, renamed in March...
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  • Army Group North (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Koenigsberg to Ventspils - Jelgava 4th Panzer Group - Pskov 16th Army - Kaunas, Daugavpils Army Group troops Army-Group signals regiment 537 Army-Group...
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    British than American (perhaps owing to the AP Stylebook being treated as a de facto standard across most American newspapers, without a UK counterpart)...
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    Georg Bochmann (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    fought in the Baltic to Leningrad and was cited for his performances at Kaunas and Dünaburg in Latvia. In July 1941 Bochmann received the Iron Cross, first...
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    into the city. On 17 August, the German Tenth Army captured Kovno and the Kaunas Fortress. The Novogeorgievsk Fortress was encircled by the Germans on 10...
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    Futsal (redirect from Futebol de salão)
    committing an offense punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick and using offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures. A player who has been sent...
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    Šarūnas Jasikevičius (category Basketball players from Kaunas)
    the sport uniforms, featuring the acronym K.S.M., Kaunas Sporto Mokykla or Sports School of Kaunas. So how could they refuse to take with them the son...
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    Erich Ludendorff (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    into Russia. During the winter of 1915–16 Ludendorff's headquarters was in Kaunas. The Germans occupied present-day Lithuania, western Latvia, and north eastern...
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    The Riga offensive, also called the Battle of Jugla or the Battle of Riga (German: Schlacht um Riga), took place in early September 1917 and was last...
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    Dončić scored a team-high 17 points in a EuroLeague victory over Žalgiris Kaunas on December 8, 2016. After recording 16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and...
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    occupied most of the territory of the Baltic states in its 1944 Baltic Offensive during World War II. The Red Army regained control over the three Baltic...
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    Einsatzgruppen (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    streets of Kaunas and in nearby open pits and ditches. Particularly active in the Kaunas pogrom was the so-called "Death Dealer of Kaunas", a young man...
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    Lithuanian village half-way between Vilnius and Lida, Belarus. South-West of Kaunas. French Eagles Soviet Heroes, John D. Clark, Sutton, 2005 ISBN 0-7509-4074-3...
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    its attack on Kaunas Fortress by bombarding Kaunas's three westernmost forts. Although the German siege artillery's shelling of Kaunas was slow, the fortifications...
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    French invasion of Russia (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    army. After the invasion began, large magazines were constructed at Kovno (Kaunas), Vilna (Vilnius), and Minsk, with the Vilna base having enough rations...
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    Republic of Central Lithuania (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    Lithuanian government moved to Lithuania's second-largest city, Kaunas. Armed clashes between Kaunas and Central Lithuania continued for a few weeks, but neither...
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    for £5.6 million in the summer of 2005. His first appearance was against Kaunas on 26 July 2005 in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. In February 2006...
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