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    Operation Hannibal was a German naval operation involving the evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the Courland Pocket, East Prussia...
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    transporting civilians and military personnel as part of Operation Hannibal. Operation Hannibal was the naval evacuation of German troops and civilians...
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    military personnel, wounded soldiers, and civilian refugees during Operation Hannibal, the ship was torpedoed by the Soviet submarine S-13 and sank. An...
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    The Hannibal Directive (Hebrew: נוהל חניבעל; also Hannibal Procedure or Hannibal Protocol) is the name of a controversial procedure that was used by Israeli...
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  • Hannibal (given name) Hannibal (surname) Hannibal, a 1972 film by Xavier Koller Hannibal, a meerkat in Meerkat Manor Hannibal (1959 film), a film based...
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    evacuation were planned as a military necessity, Operation Hannibal being the most important military operation involved in the evacuation. However, many refugees...
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    Hannibal (/ˈhænɪbəl/; Punic: 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, romanized: Ḥannībaʿl; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the...
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    as a troop transport. Near the end of the war, Goya took part in Operation Hannibal, the evacuation of German military and civilian personnel from remaining...
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    Horst Willner (13 October 1919 - 19 July 1999) was a German U-boat commander during the Second World War. Willner was a recipient of the Iron Cross 1st...
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    evacuating civilians, military personnel, and technicians as part of Operation Hannibal, which was sunk on January 30, 1945, by Soviet submarine S-13, in...
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    surrender to the British, Canadians, or Americans and by redoubling Operation Hannibal, the maritime evacuation of units trapped on the Baltic coast. At...
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  • Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi (هانيبال معمر القذافي; born 1976) is the fifth son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife, Safia Farkash...
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    group found the wreck of the SS Karlsruhe, a ship which took part in Operation Hannibal, a sea evacuation which allowed more than a million German troops...
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    Generaladmiral. In the final months of the war, Kummetz was responsible for Operation Hannibal, the evacuation of German refugees and military personnel from Courland...
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  • the Allies. German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the start of Operation Hannibal, the mass evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the...
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    end of World War II, she was employed to evacuate civilians during Operation Hannibal, and sank after hitting a mine. She was later raised and refitted...
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    Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BC was one of the major events of the Second Punic War, and one of the most celebrated achievements of any military...
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    transferred to the Baltic Sea in time to participate in Operation Barbarossa, carrying out mining operations in the Gulf of Finland. Brummer arrived at Utö in...
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    many soldiers and civilians were evacuated by ship in the course of Operation Hannibal. Between 23 January and 5 May 1945, up to 250,000 Germans, primarily...
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    13 April 1945 with great loss of life by Soviet aircraft, during Operation Hannibal. The ship was built in 1905 at Schichau Seebeckwerft in Bremerhaven...
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    into the spring of 1945. Through 1944 and 1945, the Dönitz-initiated Operation Hannibal had the distinction of being the largest naval evacuation in history...
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  • ultimatum to Lithuania Operation Hannibal, the evacuation effort by the Kriegsmarine beginning January 1945 East Prussian Operation, Soviet offensive that...
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  • finale of the second season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. It is the 26th overall episode of the series and was written by executive...
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    people from Courland and Eastern Prussia at the end of World War II in Operation Hannibal and the Evacuation of East Prussia. Burchardi was born in Homberg...
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    captured. History of Pomerania (1933–1945) Operation Hannibal, the evacuation effort by the Kriegsmarine Operation Solstice, the preceding German offensive...
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    soldiers were evacuated from the besieged city by German naval forces in Operation Hannibal. Only about 2,000 soldiers were left on 17 March to cover the last...
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  • This includes the keeping open of land connections and seaports (Operation Hannibal) for a certain period of time. Karl J. Walde: Guderian. Ullstein 1979...
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    the Soviet Navy were employed. The campaign scored successes during Operation Hannibal. When Finland joined sides with the Allies in September 1944, the...
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    Tasked with transporting civilians and military personnel during Operation Hannibal, the Lazarettschiff D was sunk on 30 January 1945 while returning...
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    Army. From the Baltic coast, thousands were evacuated by ship in Operation Hannibal. Since February 11, refugees were shipped not only to German ports...
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