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12th Flak Division
The 12th Flak Division () was a flak division of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was active from early 1942 until 1945. History The 12th Flak Division was formed in early 1942 (probably on 1 February 1942) in the central sector of the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front from the staff of the 9th Flak Brigade. It took over the former 9th Flak Brigade's air signals detachment, which became Air Signals Detachment 132 under command of the 12th Flak Division. It was the first newly-formed motorized flak division that was deployed in the field to provide additional combat strength on the Eastern Front, in this case to Army Group Center in the aftermath of the Battle of Moscow (1941/42). In May 1942, it was placed in charge of the air defense of the southern part of the army group, including the 2nd Army (Wehrmacht), 2nd Army and 4th Army (Wehrmacht), 4th Army, by taking over the 21st, 34th and 101st Flak Regiment from 18th Flak Division. The initial divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luftwaffe
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabteilung'' of the Imperial Navy, had been disbanded in May 1920 in accordance with the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles which banned Germany from having any air force. During the interwar period, German pilots were trained secretly in violation of the treaty at Lipetsk Air Base in the Soviet Union. With the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Versailles Treaty, the ''Luftwaffe''s existence was publicly acknowledged on 26 February 1935, just over two weeks before open defiance of the Versailles Treaty through German rearmament and conscription would be announced on 16 March. The Condor Legion, a ''Luftwaffe'' detachment sent to aid Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War, provided the force with a valuable testing grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zboriv
Zboriv ( uk, Зборів, pl, Zborów, yi, זבאָרעוו, Zbarav, russian: Зборов) is a town in Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast, west Ukraine. It is located in the historical region of Galicia. Local government is administered by Zboriv town council. Zboriv hosts the administration of Zboriv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: The town (located northwest of Ternopil, and southeast of Lviv) lies on the Strypa River ( uk, Cтpипа). History It was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1166. In 1241, during the Mongol invasion of Europe, it was ransacked and destroyed. In 1639, Zboriv was granted city rights. Its present name comes from a noble Polish family of Zborowscy. Ten years later, Zboriv was besieged by the Tartar-Cossack armies during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. In 1913, Zboriv had about 6000 inhabitants, including 2400 Ukrainians, 1300 Poles and 2300 Jews. During World War I, the town's vicinity was the site of heavy fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Flak Division
Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (other) * Third Avenue (other) * Highway 3 Music Music theory *Interval number of three in a musical interval **major third, a third spanning four semitones **minor third, a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones **neutral third, wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third **augmented third, an interval of five semitones **diminished third, produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone *Third (chord), chord member a third above the root *Degree (music), three away from tonic **mediant, third degree of the diatonic scale **submediant, sixth degree of the diatonic scale – three steps below the tonic **chromatic mediant, chromatic relationship by thirds *Ladder of thirds, similar to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
