Ruhr Pocket
The Ruhr Pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in late March and early April 1945, near the end of World War II, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. It marked the end of major organized resistance on Nazi Germany's Western Front, as more than 300,000 troops were taken prisoner.
16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
176th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
272nd Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
5th Panzer Army
Fifteenth United States Army
Franz Mattenklott
Karl-Heinz Becker (Fallschirmjäger)
SS Brigade Westfalen
Albert SteckenBernhard KlosterkemperCarl PüchlerChristian-Johannes LandauEberhard StephanEngelbert BockhoffEugen KönigFerdinand WegererFriedrich-August Graf von BrühlFriedrich BauschFriedrich KöchlingGerhard LemckeGerhard TürkeHans-Joachim WeißflogHeino von RantzauHeinrich ErnstHermann SiggelJohann BruckerKarl-Heinz NoakKarl Berger (Fallschirmjäger)Kurt PrinzMartin SteglichPaul Freiherr von HauserWalter BotschWolf EwertWolfgang Lange (general)
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Ruhr Pocket
The Ruhr Pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in late March and early April 1945, near the end of World War II, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. It marked the end of major organized resistance on Nazi Germany's Western Front, as more than 300,000 troops were taken prisoner.
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Als Ruhrkessel wird eine Kesse ...... ocket“ (sonst: „Ruhr Pocket“).
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Con l'espressione “Sacca della ...... schi furono fatti prigionieri.
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La poche de la Ruhr est une ba ...... œur industriel de l'Allemagne.
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Las tropas de Estados Unidos y ...... la ejecución de tales órdenes.
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Ruhrkessel is de naam van de b ...... en ook de bijnaam Rose Pocket.
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The Ruhr Pocket was a battle o ...... 00 troops were taken prisoner.
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Рурская операция (23 марта — 1 ...... уппировки войск в районе Рура.
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ルール・ポケット（英語: Ruhr Pocket）は、第二次 ...... の最後の組織的抵抗であり、30万人以上の兵士が捕虜となった。
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魯爾突圍戰，以盟軍的觀點則為魯爾包圍戰， 是第二次世界大戰歐 ...... 則有約300,000名德軍投降成為俘虜，其中包含30名將官。
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(928 killed, 3,314 wounded)
4,131 casualties
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(German resistance)
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1945-04-21
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An American soldier guards German prisoners captured in the Ruhr Pocket.
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~400,000 casualties
*317,000+ captured
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Als Ruhrkessel wird eine Kesse ...... ocket“ (sonst: „Ruhr Pocket“).
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Con l'espressione “Sacca della ...... la Ruhr, a est del fiume Reno.
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La poche de la Ruhr est une ba ...... œur industriel de l'Allemagne.
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Las tropas de Estados Unidos y ...... de Alemania propiamente dicha.
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Ruhrkessel is de naam van de b ...... en ook de bijnaam Rose Pocket.
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The Ruhr Pocket was a battle o ...... 00 troops were taken prisoner.
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Рурская операция (23 марта — 1 ...... уппировки войск в районе Рура.
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ルール・ポケット（英語: Ruhr Pocket）は、第二次 ...... の最後の組織的抵抗であり、30万人以上の兵士が捕虜となった。
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魯爾突圍戰，以盟軍的觀點則為魯爾包圍戰， 是第二次世界大戰歐 ...... 則有約300,000名德軍投降成為俘虜，其中包含30名將官。
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Bolsa del Ruhr
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Poche de la Ruhr
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Ruhr Pocket
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Ruhrkessel
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Ruhrkessel
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Sacca della Ruhr
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Рурская операция
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ルール・ポケット
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魯爾包圍戰
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Ruhr Pocket
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