"Alpine Redoubt" redirects here. For the planned Italian stronghold, see Valtellina Redoubt.
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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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The AlpineFortress (German: Alpenfestung) or Alpine Redoubt was the World War II German national redoubt planned by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler in...
capture into the 1980s. AlpineFortress Atlantic pockets Atlantic Wall Czechoslovak border fortifications Festung Norwegen Fortress Europe Maginot line Molotov...
defense batteries remained partially active until the late 1990s. The AlpineFortress (German: Alpenfestung) was the World War II national redoubt planned...
feared that senior members of the German Government would command an AlpineFortress. After difficulties locating and marking the targets were overcome...
Allied powers, in particular the Americans, planned for the supposed "AlpineFortress Operation" of a national redoubt, that was largely to have taken place...
were to be held at all costs, especially towards the end of the war: AlpineFortress or Alpenfestung Atlantic wall or Festung Europa — a military propaganda...
South Tyrol. This location is within the area named by Himmler the "AlpineFortress", and it is speculated that the purpose of the prisoner transport was...
fight their way to Tyrol with them and take part in the defense of the Alpinefortress. Gangl met with Lieutenant General Georg Ritter von Hengl in mid-April...
Redoubt (the supposed Nazi "Alpenfestung" [AlpineFortress]) Compare: Wilson, James (2014). Hitler's Alpine Headquarters. Pen and Sword. p. 205. ISBN 9781473831872...
Robert's subconscious. In the third level, the team infiltrates an alpinefortress with a projection of Maurice inside, where the inception itself can...
Munich Agreement; see Berchtesgaden meeting. Even though a feared AlpineFortress last stand of the Nazi Regime in the Alps failed to materialize late...
appointment was as commander of the largely non-existent "Alpenfestung" (AlpineFortress). He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Vormann...
liaison, in preparation for a potential assault into the rumoured German AlpineFortress. After the war ended, Lee was invited to go hunting near Vienna and...
US Office of Strategic Services to get information about Hitler's AlpineFortress in 1945. The edelweiss is worn by troops in the 1st Battalion of the...
been confirmed to date. The Ausseerland was part of the so-called Alpinefortress and 1944/45 a last retreat for National Socialist party and government...
on 4 April, and scientists evacuated to the Alpenfestung (English: AlpineFortress). Hitler had made an order, the "Demolitions on Reich Territory Decree"...
needed] However, as it became clear that the reputedly impregnable AlpineFortress, from which operations were to be directed by the Nazi leadership if...
Commissioner of the Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills. He was an advocate for creating an AlpineFortress as a last stand redoubt for Nazi forces....
illness, he returned to Vienna in early 1945, where he served in the "AlpineFortress" (Alpenfestung). At the end of the war, Stangl fled without concealing...
Kammler ordered the evacuation of 500 missile technicians to the Nazis' AlpineFortress. Since the last V-2 on the western front had been launched in late...
suggested in a memorandum to Adolf Hitler that an "Alpenfestung" ("AlpineFortress") ought to be built up in the heart of the Alps as Nazi Germany's last...
The Forte Albertino (also Forte di Vinadio) is an alpinefortress in Vinadio, Piedmont, northern Italy, located outside the town in the Stura di Demonte...
sheltered 35 people. The Ausseerland region was part of the so-called Alpinefortress. It is for this reason, why 1944/45 it became a last refuge for Nazi...
officially, in Italian: Ridotto Alpino Repubblicano (transl. Republican Alpine Redoubt) or RAR, was the intended final stronghold or redoubt of the Italian...
potential refuge from the Russians rather than a fortress, fears of the existence of an "AlpineFortress" resulted in the diversion of strong forces towards...
reduced. Olry was left with three Alpine divisions, some Alpine battalions, the Alpinefortress demibrigades, and two Alpine chasseurs demibrigades with 175...
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...