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Operation Hannibal was a German naval operation involving the evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the Courland Pocket, East Prussia, West Prussia and Pomerania from mid-January to May 1945 as the Red Army advanced during the East Prussian and East Pomeranian Offensives and subsidiary operations. The operation was one of the largest evacuations by sea in history.

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Operation Hannibal

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Operation Hannibal was a German naval operation involving the evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the Courland Pocket, East Prussia...

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MV Wilhelm Gustloff

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transporting civilians and military personnel as part of Operation Hannibal. Operation Hannibal was the naval evacuation of German troops and civilians...

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SS General von Steuben

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military personnel, wounded soldiers, and civilian refugees during Operation Hannibal, the ship was torpedoed by the Soviet submarine S-13 and sank. An...

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Evacuation of East Prussia

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evacuation were planned as a military necessity, Operation Hannibal being the most important military operation involved in the evacuation. However, many refugees...

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Hannibal Directive

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The Hannibal Directive (Hebrew: נוהל חניבעל; also Hannibal Procedure or Hannibal Protocol) is the name of a controversial procedure that was used by Israeli...

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Hannibal

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Hannibal (/ˈhænɪbəl/; Punic: 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, romanized: Ḥannībaʿl; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the...

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Horst Willner

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Horst Willner (13 October 1919 - 19 July 1999) was a German U-boat commander during the Second World War. Willner was a recipient of the Iron Cross 1st...

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MV Goya

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as a troop transport. Near the end of the war, Goya took part in Operation Hannibal, the evacuation of German military and civilian personnel from remaining...

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Eric Braeden

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evacuating civilians, military personnel, and technicians as part of Operation Hannibal, which was sunk on January 30, 1945, by Soviet submarine S-13, in...

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Flensburg Government

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surrender to the British, Canadians, or Americans and by redoubling Operation Hannibal, the maritime evacuation of units trapped on the Baltic coast. At...

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1945

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the Allies. German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the start of Operation Hannibal, the mass evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the...

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Amber Room

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group found the wreck of the SS Karlsruhe, a ship which took part in Operation Hannibal, a sea evacuation which allowed more than a million German troops...

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Hannibal Gaddafi

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Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi (هانيبال معمر القذافي; born 1976) is the fifth son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife, Safia Farkash...

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Oskar Kummetz

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Generaladmiral. In the final months of the war, Kummetz was responsible for Operation Hannibal, the evacuation of German refugees and military personnel from Courland...

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SS Albert Ballin

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end of World War II, she was employed to evacuate civilians during Operation Hannibal, and sank after hitting a mine. She was later raised and refitted...

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HNoMS Olav Tryggvason

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transferred to the Baltic Sea in time to participate in Operation Barbarossa, carrying out mining operations in the Gulf of Finland. Brummer arrived at Utö in...

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Soviet Baltic Sea campaign in 1945

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the Soviet Navy were employed. The campaign scored successes during Operation Hannibal. When Finland joined sides with the Allies in September 1944, the...

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Theodor Burchardi

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people from Courland and Eastern Prussia at the end of World War II in Operation Hannibal and the Evacuation of East Prussia. Burchardi was born in Homberg...

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Battle of Memel

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ultimatum to Lithuania Operation Hannibal, the evacuation effort by the Kriegsmarine beginning January 1945 East Prussian Operation, Soviet offensive that...

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East Pomeranian offensive

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captured. History of Pomerania (1933–1945) Operation Hannibal, the evacuation effort by the Kriegsmarine Operation Solstice, the preceding German offensive...

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Flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland during and after World War II

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Army. From the Baltic coast, thousands were evacuated by ship in Operation Hannibal. Since February 11, refugees were shipped not only to German ports...

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Strength Through Joy

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Tasked with transporting civilians and military personnel during Operation Hannibal, the Lazarettschiff D was sunk on 30 January 1945 while returning...

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