Historical place archive

Northern Germany in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Northern Germany in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1945–1945

Historical events in Northern Germany

1945

April 1945
Advance across North German Plain
Bernard Law Montgomery · World War, 2nd

Pushes 21st Army Group rapidly across northern Germany after breaking out from the Rhine bridgehead.

May 1945
Twenty First Army Group Links with Soviet Forces
Bernard Law Montgomery · World War, 2nd

His forces establish contact with Soviet troops advancing from the east as the European war ends.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Northern Germany. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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