Army Group Vistula
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Army Group Vistula was an Army Group of the Wehrmacht, formed on 24 January 1945. It lasted for 105 days, having been put together from elements of Army Group A, Army Group Centre, and a variety of ne
Briefing at the headquarters of Army Group Vistula
The retreat of Army Group Vistula, 1945
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 S72707, Heinrich Himmler
Gotthard Heinrici
Heinrich Himmler
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Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a German Nazi politician, police administrator, and military leader. He was the fourth and longest-serving Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel, serving from 1929 to 1945. H
Army Group Vistula
…Maximilian von Weichs as commander. However, in a reflection of Hitler's desire to transfer control of the conflict from the Wehrmacht to the SS, Heinrich Himmler was appointed. Himmler, who lacked any real military knowledge, proved inadequate to the task; General Gotthard Heinrici replaced Himmler as commander…
Himmler in 1942
Himmler as a child
Himmler in 1929
Himmler and Rudolf Hess in 1936, viewing a scale model of Dachau concentration camp