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Because of this scarcity of young women among the dead, it is possible that other women of the defeated group were kidnapped by the attackers. [11] The site was enclosed, or fortified, which serves as evidence of violent conflict among tribes and means that these fortifications were built as a form of defense against aggressors. [ 6 ]
Oflag V-B was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager), in operation from 1940 until 1942. It was located in Biberach in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg . Camp history
In 1806, with the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine, the Württemberg army stood at around 9,900 personnel with 6 infantry regiments, 3 cavalry regiments and 2 garde regiments, one for infantry and cavalry. The newly crowned King of Württemberg Frederick I made various reforms and expanded the army personnel to around 30,000 men by ...
In honor of the 75th anniversary, here are some of the most poignant photos taken from that fateful day. 75 poignant war photos in honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day Skip to main content
Isny im Allgäu (Low Alemannic: Isny im Allgai) is a town in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Ravensburg, in the western, Württembergish part of the Allgäu region. Isny was a Free Imperial City (Freie Reichsstadt) until the mediatisation of 1803.
The first prisoners detained at the camp had been Poles, taken captive during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. As the war progressed, prisoners of other nationalities arrived at Stalag V-A. By the time of the camp's evacuation in April 1945, Allied prisoners of every nation at war with Germany were present within the camp.
The Wehrgeschichtliches Museum Rastatt (in English: Military History Museum) or WGM is a military historical museum in Rastatt, Germany.Since 1956, it has been housed in the south wing of the Schloss Rastatt.
Fifteenth-century breast ripper in a torture museum, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The breast ripper, known in another form as the Iron Spider or simply the Spider, was supposedly a torture instrument used on women, usually who were accused of an array of negative attributes decided by male inquisitors.