Find link

language:

Find link is a tool written by Edward Betts.

searching for Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" 88 found (146 total)

alternate case: medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"

Alexander von Kotzebue (406 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

painter of historical scenes and battle scenes. Alexander von Kotzebue was the son of the playwright August von Kotzebue. He was born in Königsberg. On August's

HMS Hyacinth (1898) (1,753 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Africa to blockade the German light cruiser SMS Königsberg. She destroyed a German blockade runner attempting to bring supplies through the blockade in April

Käthe Kollwitz (3,515 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the first woman not only to be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts but also to receive honorary professor status. Kollwitz was born in Königsberg

Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (855 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Veteran of the battle of Kursk Major General Ivan Sluhay Veteran of the capture of Königsberg Colonel General Vasily Reshetnikov Veteran of the defence of Smolensk

Geoffrey Spicer-Simson (1,981 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

been armed with a gun from the recently scuttled German cruiser Königsberg. The addition of a Königsberg gun gave the Götzen the ability to effectively fire

358th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) (3,354 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

battle for Königsberg in April. In recognition of his actions, he was awarded the Gold Star of a Hero of the Soviet Union on 19 April (medal no. 6177)

Henry Ritchie (2,144 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

known to be operating in the Indian Ocean at that time. This concern was amplified because Königsberg, blockaded in the delta of the Rufiji River, had operated

Lovis Corinth (2,153 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the female nude his frequent subject. He was disappointed, however, in his repeated failure to win a medal at the Salon, and returned to Königsberg in

Roza Shanina (4,623 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

finally retaken from Germans by the troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front on 16 January 1945 during the Insterburg–Königsberg Operation. On 12 December 1944

David Murray Anderson (1,387 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to 1917. When the First World War broke out Anderson took part in the operations that resulted in the destruction of the SMS Königsberg in German East

Teutonic Order (8,874 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of Königsberg from 1262 to 1265, the war had reached a turning point. The Curonians were finally subjugated in 1267 and the Semigallians in 1290. The

Violette Szabo (6,209 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross. On her second mission into occupied France, Szabo was captured by the German

Carl Chun (1,004 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

professor at the University of Königsberg (1883), Breslau (1891) and at Leipzig (1898). He was a pioneer of German oceanographic research, organizing the first

Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School (1,098 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Koshevoy, a Marshal of the Soviet Union who took part in the Crimean Offensive and the capture of Königsberg. Sergey Biryuzov, Chief of the General Staff from

Nikolay Oleshev (1,455 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

awarded the honorific "Tilsit". On 21 February 1945, Oleshev was awarded the Order of Lenin. For its actions in the subsequent Battle of Königsberg, the corps

Lilian Rolfe (1,254 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was a wireless operator for the Historian Network based in Orleans. After four months of work in France, she was captured by the Germans on 31 July 1944

HMAS Sydney (1912) (2,350 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

was present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 November 1918, and was assigned to escort another Emden, the Königsberg-class cruiser

Leopold Gondrecourt (497 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

awarded the order Pour le Mérite 'for his praiseworthy behavior in the battle near Oberselk and the storming of the Königsberg, as already mentioned in my earlier

Emin Pasha (1,219 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

student at the Kolegium Carolinum Neisse in Nysa, Poland, at the universities at Breslau, Königsberg, and Berlin, qualifying as a physician in 1864. However

Military history of France during World War II (21,725 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

squadron's flag features Battle of Königsberg 1945 as battle honor and the unit was awarded the "Take of the Königsberg Fortress" medal. General Leclerc's 2nd

Kaliningrad (10,940 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Battle of Königsberg East Prussia Heart of the City (Kaliningrad) Kaliningrad (Königsberg) dispute Pregolya Radio Königsberg Seven Bridges of Königsberg Suwałki

Denise Bloch (1,542 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

capture by the Germans in Paris after its occupation by Nazi Germany in summer 1940. In 1942 the family escaped to Lyon. Bloch became involved in the

Battle of Berlin (9,187 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

part in the capture of Berlin from 22 April to 2 May 1945 were awarded the Medal "For the Capture of Berlin". The design of the Victory Banner for celebrations

Alfred Gause (451 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(General staff of Army Corps, Kurland). Alfred Gause was captured by Soviet troops in the Courland Pocket in 1945 and was a prisoner of the Soviets until

Eastern Front (World War II) (22,223 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The fall of Königsberg allowed Stavka to free up General Konstantin Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Front (2BF) to move west to the east bank of the Oder

Commanders of World War II (262 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers. They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern

History of the Royal Marines (6,930 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Admiral's Regiment. During the War of the Spanish Succession the most historic achievement of the Marines was the capture of the mole during the assault

Charles X Gustav (2,955 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the ambition of the Swedish king. Charles forced the elector, albeit at the point of the sword, to become his ally and vassal (Treaty of Königsberg,

Konrad Lorenz (4,892 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he became a professor of psychology at the University of Königsberg. He was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1941. He sought to be a motorcycle mechanic

Karl Bülowius (854 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

March 1890 in Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He joined the Prussian Army on 26 November 1907 and became an officer cadet of the engineering

Royal Marines (10,038 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

that sank the Königsberg. Eighteen Royal Marines commanded Fleet Air Arm squadrons during the course of the war, and with the formation of the British Pacific

MV Tyrronall (557 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Arklow Shipping - A Group Fleet History. Bristol: Bernard McCall. ISBN 1-902953-15-0. Photograph of Heimat at Lastadie, Königsberg Photograph of Tyrronall

Hans Horst Meyer (993 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

studied medicine in Königsberg, Leipzig, Berlin and again in Königsberg. After his promotion to Doctor of medicine in Königsberg he worked with Oswald

Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) (4,303 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Regardless of whatever preparations had been made, however, it still remained that the Germans could not let the Prussian capital Königsberg fall into

Alexander Suvorov (19,723 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

establishment of a medal in honour of A. V. Suvorov (25.03.1791, for the capture of Izmail; analogous medal was established on 02.03.1994); The Senate was ordered

Bryan brothers (10,974 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of all time. They were born on April 29, 1978, with Mike being the elder by two minutes. The Bryans have won multiple Olympic medals, including the gold

Free City of Danzig (11,441 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

planned to send the light cruiser Königsberg to Danzig for what was described as a "friendship visit", but it was decided at the last minute that a ship with

HMS Helmuth (678 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

SMS Königsberg in the Rujifi Delta. In 1916 she took part in an amphibious assault on the coastal town of Bagamoyo. At the beginning of World War I, the German-registered

Werner Schröer (6,632 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was senior instructor at the Verbandsführerschule (Training School for Unit Leaders) of the General der Jagdflieger at Königsberg in der Neumark, present-day

Karl-Friedrich Merten (4,824 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

officer, attaining the rank Leutnant zur See (acting sub-lieutenant) on 1 October 1930. His stay on Königsberg was briefly interrupted for a gas protection

Charles XIV John (10,649 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

command of the French Left Wing, composed of his I Corps and Ney's VI Corps. Left unsupported by Ney's unexpected movement toward Königsberg, the Russians

Otto Hahn (14,357 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Cannizaro Prize of the Royal Academy of Science in Rome (1938), the Copernicus Prize of the University of Konigsberg (1941), the Gothenius Medal of

Joachim Müncheberg (9,102 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in Königsberg, where Müncheberg started his elementary schooling (Grundschule). His father was able to repurchase their old farm in 1927 and the family

Sigismund I the Old (4,062 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the "Prussian Homage", which was often featured in arts. The Prussian Landtag and parliament assembled in Königsberg, where envoys embraced both the new

Daniel Nestor (2,630 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, four Tour Finals titles, and twelve major doubles

Sigismund I the Old (4,062 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the "Prussian Homage", which was often featured in arts. The Prussian Landtag and parliament assembled in Königsberg, where envoys embraced both the new

Hans-Werner Kraus (594 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Carey. The German crew shot it down and the crew were killed. Kraus was sunk by aircraft off the coast of Brazil on 31 July 1943. Captured, he was sent

Curt von Morgen (1,026 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Officer of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia) Gold Imtiaz Medal (Ottoman Empire) Order of Osmanieh, 2nd class (Ottoman Empire) Order of the Medjidie

Attack on Pearl Harbor (16,161 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

military award, the Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal, was later authorized for all military veterans of the attack. Japanese planners of the Pearl Harbor

Walter Gorn (2,007 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

again and was transported to the hospital by the beginning of March 1945. Königsberg was captured by the Red Army one month later and 561st Volksgrenadier

Endel Puusepp (820 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Berlin, Danzig, and Königsberg. By that time, the Soviet Union was involved in negotiations with the Allies concerning the opening of the Western front. It

Southern Rhodesia in World War I (13,737 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

SMS Königsberg (which had been sunk at Rufiji Delta about a year before); after pocketing the Germans, the Rhodesians captured both them and the naval

2nd Dragoon Regiment (France) (6,308 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

joined in the German Campaign of 1813. It fought in the siege of Königsberg, the Battle of Leipzig of 16–19 October, and the Battle of Hanau of 30–31 October

Soviet war crimes (19,826 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

people were shot. Excavation of graves has started. After the capture of the city, most of the students joined our army as volunteers." I. I. Zhukovsky-Zhuk

Szczuczyn (826 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Białystok and Königsberg. Among the teachers of the Piarist college were Jakub Falkowski [pl], who then founded the oldest Polish school for deaf people

Carl Friedrich Gauss (19,719 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

at Königsberg University because of his lack of an academic title, Gauss provided a doctorate honoris causa for Bessel from the Philosophy Faculty of Göttingen

Southern Rhodesia in World War II (14,491 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

meanwhile, embarked on bombing raids on targets as far away as Gdynia and Königsberg in East Prussia, as well as towns and cities closer to Berlin such as

1945 (17,526 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

overpower and kill the remaining guards. April 9 WWII: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends with Soviet forces capturing the city. Abwehr conspirators

Hans Hass (2,643 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hans and Hannelore married in 1945. In 1945 the Seeteufel was lost when the Soviets captured Königsberg. In 1947 his film Menschen unter Haien had its

Age of Enlightenment (22,186 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In remote Königsberg, Kant tried to reconcile rationalism and religious belief, individual

Julien Bryan (1,887 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Prussia. In Königsberg fearing confiscation of his material he decided to smuggle out his already developed films. He managed to hide some of his films

Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (3,387 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

became the Queen of Sweden. Born on 11 November 1599 in Königsberg, in the Duchy of Prussia, Maria Eleonora was the third child and second daughter of John

List of last surviving veterans of military operations (6,354 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

August 2016. Burbeck, James. "THE KÖNIGSBERG INCIDENT". The War Times Journal. Retrieved 3 June 2019. "William Elder". The Scotsman. 6 July 2005. Retrieved

1945 in aviation (17,326 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Germans scuttle the incomplete aircraft carrier Seydlitz – the proposed name "Weser" for her had never been officially assigned – at Königsberg to

1943 (13,753 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gelehrten-Gesellschaft: Geisteswissenschaftliche Klasse; 18,2 (trans: "Writings of the Königsberg Scholarly Society: Spiritual Scientific Class No. 18.2")]: (Halle

The Roxy (New York City) (969 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

it was to transform the roller rink into a dance club.[citation needed] The Roxy hosted a party for the famed Olympic gold medal-winning USA Ice Hockey

Meanings of minor planet names: 7001–8000 (445 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below

Victor Oehrn (554 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

tons of Allied shipping. Oehrn joined the Reichsmarine in 1927, serving aboard the light cruisers Königsberg and Karlsruhe, before being one of the first

March 1919 (9,015 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

kills, in Königsberg, Free State of Prussia (d. 1983); Peter Conder, British biologist, noted director for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds,

January 18 (5,243 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Morgan captures Panama. 1701 – Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia in Königsberg. 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian

Liberation (film series) (5,798 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

into the Red Army in 1939. Ozerov later told his wife that during the Battle of Königsberg, he swore that one day "he would tell the story of the great

Oil campaign chronology of World War II (4,020 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(POL) facilities that supplied Nazi Germany or those Germany tried to capture in Operation Edelweiss. Contents 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 R Notes References

Friedrich Karl Florian (1,220 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the 1st (1st East Prussian) Grenadiers "Crown Prince" Regiment (Garrison: Königsberg). He served in this unit until 1916, when he volunteered for the

List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000 (16,189 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

explained by their reappearance or the recovery of their bodies, the conviction of the perpetrator(s) responsible for their disappearances, or a confession

Jonas Budrys (1,263 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

resigned from the police on 1 January 1928 and was appointed as Lithuania's consul in Königsberg. In November 1933, he became the consul general of Lithuania

Georg Schreiber (4,615 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

History at the Collegium Hosianum in Braunsberg, not far from Königsberg, but a very long way from Berlin (and a very long way down in the rankings of university-level

History of rail transport in Poland (4,653 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The station of Kreuz (Krzyż) at the crossing point of Stettin–Poznań and Berlin–Königsberg had primarily been laid out for the latter to line be the trunk

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bibikov (1,939 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Labiau, and at the occupation of Königsberg. Bibikov then asked Wittgenstein for permission to stay at Königsberg to reorganise his severely reduced

List of German Americans (37,284 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

photojournalist best remembered for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day Jimmy Ernst – painter Carl Eytel – artist of desert landscapes living

List of SS personnel (852 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

insignia for Hitler above that worn by Himmler. Following is the list of persons holding the title positions as well as actual highest ranks of the Schutzstaffel

Vladimir Lavrinenkov (1,675 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

commander he led the unit through the Gumbinnen, Königsberg, and Berlin operations. During his tenure the regiment was placed on the 3rd Belorussian Front

August 1920 (9,918 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in Königsberg British authorities arrested Irish-born Australian cleric Daniel Mannix, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne taking him from the liner

Meanings of minor planet names: 8001–9000 (435 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below

Anton Hafner (3,442 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

from the Eastern Front in early October 1942 and sent to Jesau near Königsberg in East Prussia, present day Yushny, Bagrationovsky District, for conversion

Meanings of minor planet names: 12001–13000 (419 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below

History of film technology (11,837 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The history of film technology traces the development of techniques for the recording, construction and presentation of motion pictures. When the film

List of ministers of social protection of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (3,703 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

“For the Capture of Konigsberg”. After demobilization, Levon Melkonyan presided over Etchmiadzin Sovkhoz (Soviet Farm) after H. Baghramyan over the next 9

Lithuania (28,498 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Lithuanian manors, while Konstanty Ostrogski delivered the captured Muscovite flags to the Cathedral of Vilnius. The Livonian War was ceased for ten