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The Alpine Fortress (German: Alpenfestung) or Alpine Redoubt was the World War II German national redoubt planned by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler in November and December 1943.[a] Plans envisaged Germany's government and armed forces retreating to an area from "southern Bavaria across western Austria to northern Italy".[b] The scheme was never fully endorsed by Hitler, and no serious attempt was made to put it into operation, although the concept served as an effective tool of propaganda and military deception carried out by the Germans in the final stages of the war. After surrendering to the Americans, the Wehrmacht General Kurt Dittmar told them that the redoubt never existed.
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Alpine Fortress

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feared that senior members of the German Government would command an Alpine Fortress. After difficulties locating and marking the targets were overcome...

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were to be held at all costs, especially towards the end of the war: Alpine Fortress or Alpenfestung Atlantic wall or Festung Europa — a military propaganda...

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Hjalmar Schacht

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South Tyrol. This location is within the area named by Himmler the "Alpine Fortress", and it is speculated that the purpose of the prisoner transport was...

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Josef Gangl

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fight their way to Tyrol with them and take part in the defense of the Alpine fortress. Gangl met with Lieutenant General Georg Ritter von Hengl in mid-April...

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Obersalzberg

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Redoubt (the supposed Nazi "Alpenfestung" [Alpine Fortress]) Compare: Wilson, James (2014). Hitler's Alpine Headquarters. Pen and Sword. p. 205. ISBN 9781473831872...

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Robert's subconscious. In the third level, the team infiltrates an alpine fortress with a projection of Maurice inside, where the inception itself can...

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Munich Agreement; see Berchtesgaden meeting. Even though a feared Alpine Fortress last stand of the Nazi Regime in the Alps failed to materialize late...

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Nikolaus von Vormann

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appointment was as commander of the largely non-existent "Alpenfestung" (Alpine Fortress). He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Vormann...

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Christopher Lee

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liaison, in preparation for a potential assault into the rumoured German Alpine Fortress. After the war ended, Lee was invited to go hunting near Vienna and...

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US Office of Strategic Services to get information about Hitler's Alpine Fortress in 1945. The edelweiss is worn by troops in the 1st Battalion of the...

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been confirmed to date. The Ausseerland was part of the so-called Alpine fortress and 1944/45 a last retreat for National Socialist party and government...

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Mittelwerk

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on 4 April, and scientists evacuated to the Alpenfestung (English: Alpine Fortress). Hitler had made an order, the "Demolitions on Reich Territory Decree"...

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Commissioner of the Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills. He was an advocate for creating an Alpine Fortress as a last stand redoubt for Nazi forces....

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Franz Stangl

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illness, he returned to Vienna in early 1945, where he served in the "Alpine Fortress" (Alpenfestung). At the end of the war, Stangl fled without concealing...

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Hans Kammler

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Kammler ordered the evacuation of 500 missile technicians to the Nazis' Alpine Fortress. Since the last V-2 on the western front had been launched in late...

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Franz Hofer

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suggested in a memorandum to Adolf Hitler that an "Alpenfestung" ("Alpine Fortress") ought to be built up in the heart of the Alps as Nazi Germany's last...

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sheltered 35 people. The Ausseerland region was part of the so-called Alpine fortress. It is for this reason, why 1944/45 it became a last refuge for Nazi...

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officially, in Italian: Ridotto Alpino Repubblicano (transl.  Republican Alpine Redoubt) or RAR, was the intended final stronghold or redoubt of the Italian...

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Gottlob Berger

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potential refuge from the Russians rather than a fortress, fears of the existence of an "Alpine Fortress" resulted in the diversion of strong forces towards...

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reduced. Olry was left with three Alpine divisions, some Alpine battalions, the Alpine fortress demibrigades, and two Alpine chasseurs demibrigades with 175...

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Wes Edens

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private equity investor. He is the co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and founder of New Fortress Energy. Edens is co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks...

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