Ruhr pocket
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The Ruhr pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II in Europe, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. Some 317,000 German troops were ta
An American soldier at Rheinwiesenlager guards a massive crowd of German prisoners captured in the Ruhr pocket
Gustav-Adolf von Zangen
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Gustav Adolf Karl Friedrich Ernst von Zangen was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a commander of the 15th Army in the Netherlands in 1944 during World War II. He was a recipie
Ruhr pocket
…smaller, eastern part surrendered the next day. Model lost contact with most of his formations and commanders on 14 April. The German 15th Army under Gustav-Adolf von Zangen capitulated on 14 April, having lost all control over its subordinate formations. The Germans had continued the fight in the pocket despite no realistic…
Gustav Adolf von Zangen