• Thumbnail for Ruhr pocket
    MacDonald 1973, p. 372. Zaloga & Dennis 2006, p. 87. Wolf Stegemann, Der Ruhrkessel: Ende der Kämpfe im Westen – Verbrechen der Wehrmacht, der SS und Gestapo...
    18 KB (2,183 words) - 01:55, 25 April 2024
  • World War. In April 1945, units of the Freikorps Sauerland fighting in Ruhrkessel (the Ruhr Pocket), suffered somewhat heavy losses from Commonwealth and...
    3 KB (295 words) - 22:21, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for German prisoners of war in northwest Europe
    United States Army Center of Military History. p. 478. Wolf Stegemann, Der Ruhrkessel: Ende der Kämpfe im Westen – Verbrechen der Wehrmacht, der SS und Gestapo...
    28 KB (3,430 words) - 04:33, 17 July 2022
  • Thumbnail for History of the Ruhr
    prohibition on re-industrialization. 1945 – The fighting in the Ruhr Pocket/Ruhrkessel results in about 105,000 dead. 1945 – On 11 April, the arms manufacturer...
    78 KB (9,987 words) - 06:15, 22 February 2024