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2. Wehrmacht - Wikipedia

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   Wehrmacht Reichskriegsflagge, the war flag and naval ensign of the Wehrmacht (1938–1945 version) Emblem of the Wehrmacht, the Balkenkreuz, a stylized version of the Iron Cross seen in varying proportions Motto Gott mit uns Founded 16 March 1935 ; 89 years ago (16 March 1935) Disbanded 20 September 1945 ; 78 years ago (20 September 1945) [a] Service branches Heer (German Army) Kriegsmarine ...

3. Axis war crimes in Italy - Wikipedia

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   The Italian Social Republic. Two of the three major Axis powers of World War II — Nazi Germany and their Fascist Italian allies—committed war crimes in the Kingdom of Italy . Research funded by the German government and published in 2016 found the number of victims of Nazi war crimes in Italy to be 22,000, double the previously estimated ...

4. Operation Paperclip - Wikipedia

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   Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945–59. Some were former members and leaders of the Nazi Party .

5. Nazi human experimentation - Wikipedia

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   Nazi human experimentation was a series of medical experiments on prisoners by Nazi Germany in its concentration camps mainly between 1942 and 1945. There were 15,754 documented victims, of various nationalities and age groups, although the true number is believed to be more extensive. Many survived, with a quarter of documented victims being ...

6. War crimes in the Kosovo War - Wikipedia

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   War crimes in the Kosovo War. US Marines provide security as members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Forensics Team investigate a grave site in a village in Kosovo on 1 July 1999. Numerous war crimes were committed by all sides during the Kosovo War, which lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999.

7. Landsberg Prison - Wikipedia

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   Managed by. Bavarian Ministry of Justice. Landsberg Prison is a penal facility in the town of Landsberg am Lech in the southwest of the German state of Bavaria, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) west-southwest of Munich and 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Augsburg. It is best known as the prison where Adolf Hitler was held in 1924, after the failed ...

8. Switzerland during the World Wars - Wikipedia

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   Switzerland (yellow) found itself surrounded by members of opposing alliances. Swiss officers' barracks in the Umbrail Pass during World War I. Switzerland maintained a state of armed neutrality during the first world war. However, with two of the Central Powers ( Germany and Austria-Hungary) and two of the Entente Powers ( France and Italy ...

9. History of Germany during World War I - Wikipedia

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   Overview. World War I mobilization, 1 August 1914. The German population responded to the outbreak of war in 1914 with a complex mix of emotions, in a similar way to the populations in other countries of Europe; notions of universal enthusiasm known as the Spirit of 1914 have been challenged by more recent scholarship. [1]