What is the Spanish name for Argentina?
What is the Spanish name for Argentina?
República Argentina
Are Germans Vikings?
No. The people in Germany proper today, are not Vikings, nor are they descendants of Vikings. Vikings were from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and many settled in the north and east of England. There were people from northwest Germany that went into Denmark who later became some of the Vikings.
How many German soldiers died in ww2?
Civilian deaths, due to the flight and expulsion of Germans, Soviet war crimes and the forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union are disputed and range from 500,000 to over 2.0 million….Field Army (Feldheer) casualties September 1939 to November 1944.
| Campaign | Dead | Missing |
|---|---|---|
| West until May 31, 1944 | 66,266 | 3,218 |
Why are German War Graves black?
A more practical analysis suggests that the dark colour of many of the crosses in German military cemeteries corresponds to the need to protect the original wooden crosses with tar-based paints.
Why did Germany fail in Russia?
Hitler had so far refused to fully mobilise the German economy and so weapons production was inadequate. Even in mid-1941 only 250 new tanks were being built each month, insufficient to properly equip the army on the eve of a major new campaign, or keep up with the inevitable mechanical and combat losses.
What happened to General Fromm?
On 12 March 1945, Fromm was executed at the Brandenburg-Görden Prison by firing squad as part of the post-conspiracy purge. His last words before the firing squad were reported to be “I die, because it was ordered. I had always wanted only the best for Germany”.
Are there any German survivors of Stalingrad?
Six thousand survived, returning to Germany after the war. Of them, 35 are still alive today. We visited ten of these veterans, to trace the memories of the battle in their faces and voices. In Russia we located a dozen surviving Red Army soldiers who had fought the Germans at Stalingrad.