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Observation tower at Hel
The Hel Fortified Area (Polish: Rejon Umocniony Hel) was a set of Polish fortifications, constructed on the Hel Peninsula in northern Poland, in close proximity to the interwar border of Poland and the Third Reich. It was created in 1936, upon a decree of President Ignacy Mościcki.[1] It covered most part of the peninsula, and during Polish September Campaign, it was the last place of Poland to surrender to the invading Wehrmacht[2] (for more information, see Battle of Hel). During World War II, the naval base in Hel was used as a major training facility for U-boat crews.[3]
^Polityka weekly, Cel: Hel, article by Ryszarda Socha, published March 15, 2007
^Poland By Neal Bedford, Steve Fallon, Neil Wilson, page 433 "Hel was the last place of Poland to surrender"
^Naval strategy and operations in narrow seas by Milan N. Vego, page 62 "...where in the area of the Hel Peninsula and Libau were concentrated 50-60 per cent of all German U-boat training facilities
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The HelFortifiedArea (Polish: Rejon Umocniony Hel) was a set of Polish fortifications, constructed on the Hel Peninsula in northern Poland, in close...
as the September Campaign). The defense of the Hel Peninsula took place around the HelFortifiedArea, a system of Polish fortifications that had been...
town on the Hel Peninsula HelFortifiedArea, a fortress and naval base on the Hel peninsula Helsinki Airport (IATA code HEL) Hensall railway station,...
today, but some areas of the peninsula still belong to the Polish Armed Forces. Hel Jastarnia Kuźnica Chalupy HelFortifiedAreaHel lighthouse Westerplatte...
Invasion of Poland [2] HelFortifiedAreaFortifiedArea of Silesia Ukrainian page with current photos of the Sarny FortifiedArea One of the bunkers near...
Preserve Fortified Monuments Pro Fortalicium (Stowarzyszenie na Rzecz Zabytków Fortyfikacji Pro Fortalicium) from Piekary Śląskie. Sarny FortifiedAreaHel Fortified...
7 September and the Oksywie garrison held until 19 September; the HelFortifiedArea was defended until 2 October. In the last week of September, Hitler...
men. Separate from the Land Coastal Defence were: the HelFortifiedArea (Rejon Umocniony Hel, ca. 3,000 men) under Ctr. Adm. Włodzimierz Steyer supported...
incorporated into the Reich". Following the surrender of Warsaw and HelFortifiedArea, the Polish Underground and the Armia Krajowa (Home Army) resisted...
to 27 September she was used to bombard Polish artillery positions around Hel and Jastarnia. After the operation, Schlesien had six of her 15 cm guns removed...
Peterek), August 21. President Ignacy Mościcki officially creates HelFortifiedArea, September 6. Polish-French agreement in Rambouillet, where French...
series of encirclements. The 2nd Army began to fall back on the Danzig fortifiedarea, while the X SS Corps of the 3rd Panzer Army had been surrounded at...
later years the port was fortified more and more and Hellevoetsluis, therefore, became a unique combination of a fortified town and a naval port. The...
mainland, the defence was organized into several fortified lines that were to shield the naval base of the Hel Peninsula and the city of Gdynia from all sides...
operation. Frequent rotation involved bivouacking in a series of fortified camps. These fortified sites could also be within villages or their subsidiary hamlets...
Age fortified structure dating from about AD 200. The original walls would have been 3 metres (9.8 ft) or more thick and enclosed a circular area about...
number of women into captivity". From 840 the Vikings began building fortified encampments, longphorts, on the coast and overwintering in Ireland. The...
significant amounts of money for construction of fortified barracks and police stations in the area. Until November of the same year more than 3,5 million...
his axe from his patron saint father, Olav Haraldsson. He named this axe Hel, the name of the Norse goddess of death (Christians associated this name...
Gauntlet, the Eternal Flame, the Casket of Ancient Winters, and the Tesseract. Hel (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name) is a region in Niflheim...
Poland Radom Chamber Orchestra established in 2007 Elektrownia Helios cinema Hel (currently not functioning) Multikino cinema Jan Kochanowski Theatre Jacek...
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