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    The Berlin Fortress (German "Festung Berlin") was the fortification of the historic city of Berlin. Construction started in 1650. The ramparts, walls...
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    Band. Berlin, 1785.] Darin: Diplomatische Geschichte der Stadt und Festung Spandau, Münzgerechtigkeit, p. 405. In 1369, Margrave Otto VIII (1365–1373)...
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    Tiefwerder (category Spandau)
    Stadt Spandau. In: Slawenburg, Landesfestung, Industriezentrum. Untersuchungen …, pp. 86f, 118. Felix Escher: Spandau im Schatten der Festung. In: Slawenburg...
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    This list encompasses castles described in German as Castle (castle), Festung (fort/fortress), Palace (manor house) and Palace/Palast (palace). Many...
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    Regiment) Festungs KGr. 5 (Battalion size) Festungs KGr. 6 (Festungs infantry Battalion 1449 + 1 Police company) Festungs KGr. 7 Festungs KGr. 8 Festungs infantry...
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    town, holding 18,000 men. Guben. from the town. Merzdorf. Müncheberg. Spandau. Camp for POWs working at a chemical factory. Zossen. A camp 30 km (20 mi)...
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    declared that the town was to be a fortress (Festung). Unlike other so-called fortress towns and cities, Festung Küstrin was indeed a fortress. The forces...
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    Several major French cities along the coast were given the designation Festung ("fortress"; "stronghold") by Hitler, such as Le Havre, Brest and St. Nazaire...
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  • modern weapons technology. After the capitulations of Prenzlau, Stettin, Spandau and Küstrin Kleist thought resistance pointless and felt himself forced...
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