Tangermünde
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Tangermünde is a historic town on the Elbe River in the district of Stendal, in the northeastern part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The town has land area of around 89.87 sq.km and a population of 10,283
Elbe Gate and St. Stephen's Church
Aerial view of Tangermünde Castle
Tangermünd, 17th-century engraving by Matthäus Merian
Town hall
9th Army (Wehrmacht)
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The 9th Army was a World War II German field army. It was activated on 15 May 1940 with General Johannes Blaskowitz in command.
Tangermünde
…of the war Tangermünde was the scene of one of the last skirmishes of the war and the surrender en masse of the German 12th Army and remnants of the 9th Army to U.S. Forces. Between 4 May and 7 May 1945, as many as 100,000 German soldiers and civilians crossed the rickety ruins of the bridge on foot until…
Destroyed and abandoned vehicles of the 9th Army in Belarus, June 1944
Bundesarchiv Bild 146 2004 004 05, Johannes Blaskowitz
Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1985 037 34A, Russland, Generaloberst Adolf Strauß
Walther Model on the front