For the 19th-century fortress in the Polish capital, see Warsaw Citadel.
A preserved Tobruk-type pillbox in Warsaw. It is one of 12 pillboxes built as part of the 1945 Festung.
In the German language, Festung Warschau ("Fortress Warsaw") is the term used to refer to a fortified and well-defended Warsaw. In the 20th century, the term was in use on three occasions during World War I and World War II. It was used when the Germans threw back the Russian advance in 1914, where Warsaw came within distance of the fighting in October. The term resurfaced during the September 1939 German invasion of Poland. Later in the second war, the term resurfaced between September 1944 and January 1945, when the retreating Germans tried to establish a defense in the city against the advancing Soviet Union.
In the German language, FestungWarschau ("Fortress Warsaw") is the term used to refer to a fortified and well-defended Warsaw. In the 20th century, the...
(FestungWarschau) see also the Warsaw Uprising Poznań (Battle of Posen) Kolobrzeg (Battle of Kolberg) Piła (Festung Schneidemühl) Wrocław (Festung Breslau)...
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Operation Bagration. By the end of July the town had been declared "FestungWarschau" (Fortress Warsaw) by the Germans. It was to be defended at all cost...
for officers established by the Germans in Praga. 27 July: German FestungWarschau established. August–October: Warsaw Uprising against German occupation...
The Fortress Division Warsaw (German: Festung-Division “Warschau”) was a fortress division of the Army Group A of the German Wehrmacht in World War II...
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rehabilitate the division. Festung Translates to Fortress. A non-standard division used to garrison critical sites. Smaller Festung units may have consisted...
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