What the records say
- When
- 18 Apr 1945 – 3 May 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 53.55° N, 10.00° E
- Description
- 1945 battle during World War II
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Capture of Hamburg
Battle in World War II
The Capture of Hamburg was one of the last battles of the Western Front of the Second World War, where the remaining troops of the German 1st Parachute Army fought the British XII Corps in Lower Saxony for the control of Hamburg, Germany, between 18 April and 3 May 1945.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Capture of Hamburg: British troops of VIII Corps and XII Corps capture city of Hamburg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la garnison allemande de Hambourg ouvre des négociations en vue de la capitulation”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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