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The Georgian uprising on Texel (Dutch: Opstand der Georgiërs) (5 April 1945 – 20 May 1945) was an insurrection by the 882nd Infantry Battalion Königin Tamara (Queen Tamar or Tamara) of the Georgian Legion of the German Army stationed on the German-occupied Dutch island of Texel (pronounced Tessel). The battalion was made up of 800 Georgians ...
Battle of Texel. The naval Battle of Texel or Battle of Kijkduin took place off the western coast of the island of Texel on 21 August 1673 (11 August O.S.) between the Dutch and the combined English and French fleets. It was the last major battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, which was itself part of the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678), during ...
On 1 June 1195, a 35,000-strong Georgian army commanded by David Soslan (spouse of Queen Tamar) decisively defeated an army of 70,000 men led by Atabeg Abu Bakr. The battle took place in the present-day Shamkir District in Azerbaijan, and Abu Bakr was taken prisoner after his retreat to Nakhichevan.
Georgian Legion (1941–1945) The Georgian Legion (German: Georgische Legion, Georgian: ქართული ლეგიონი, romanized: kartuli legioni) was a military formation of Nazi Germany during World War II, composed of ethnic Georgians. It was formed by Georgian émigrés and prisoners of war; its declared aim was the eventual ...
The High Seas Fleet in October 1918 was built around the core of 18 battleships and five battlecruisers, most of which had been completed before the outbreak of war.Since the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, the obsolete pre-dreadnoughts had been de-commissioned, two new battleships with 15-inch guns (Baden and Bayern) and the new battlecruiser Hindenburg had joined the fleet, but one ...
Georgian Legion on Texel: 226 [1] None (their commander, Shalva Loladze, was killed on April 23) May 20 May 20 see Georgian uprising on Texel. for more details Germany All German forces on Texel: 4,000 [1] Klaus Breitner: May 20 May 20 Fighting against the Georgian Legion Germany A small company of soldiers on Minquiers reef [2] 80? N/A May 23 ...
The largest air-sea battle in history. • Operation Queen: was a joint British-American operation during World War II at the Western Front between Aachen and the Rur river. • Battle of Mindoro • Battle of Vianden: The only major open battle fought between the Luxembourgish Resistance against German forces. • Battle of the Bulge
A sketch of the battle by one of the participants. The Battle off Texel, also known as the Action off Texel or the Action of 17 October 1914, was a naval battle off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel during the First World War. A British squadron, comprising one light cruiser and four destroyers on a routine patrol, encountered the German ...