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    Toruń Fortress (Polish: Twierdza Toruń, German: Festung Thorn) is a historic fortress located in Toruń, Poland, one of the largest fortresses in Central...
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    Karl Hoburg: Die Belagerungen der Stadt und Festung Thorn seit dem 17. Jahrhundert, Lambeck Verlag, Thorn 1844 Anders Fryxell: Lebensgeschichte Karl's...
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  • united with the 73rd Infantry Division to strengthen the defense of Festung Thorn. Previously, the commander of the 9th Army, General der Panzertruppe...
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  • began the war as part of the central reserve of Fortress Thorn (Hauptreserve/Festung Thorn). Although designated a reserve division, initially, it was...
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    Poznań Fortress, known in German as Festung Posen (Polish: Twierdza Poznań) was a set of fortifications in the city of Poznań (German: Posen) in western...
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    encompasses buildings variously described in German as Burg (castle), Festung (fort/fortress), Schloss (manor house, palace or hunting lodge) and Palais/Palast...
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    Berlin The Battle of Kolberg or Battle of Kołobrzeg (also, battle for Festung Kolberg) was the taking of the city of Kolberg, now the city of Kołobrzeg...
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    war, und ein rekonstruiertes Deckengemälde in der Burgkapelle derselben Festung erlaubten der Forschung den Schluss, dass sich die Hochmeister schon im...
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    Winiary in 1828, and in subsequent years the entire set of defenses called Festung Posen was completed. A Greater Poland Uprising during the Revolutions of...
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    region, holding 40,000–80,000 men. Stargard. Stettin. Stralsund. Lazarett Thorn. Mannschaftslager Brandenburg an der Havel. Camp for Naval and Merchant...
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