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Armored Train Štefánik
The Armored train Štefánik was a military train used during World War II (during the Slovak National Uprising) in Slovakia. The building of the armored train started on September 4, 1944. It was finished on September 18, 1944, in a Railway Manufacture in Zvolen, Slovakia. It was equipped with: * the 75mm Czechoslovak mountain cannon vz. 15 in a cannon carriage * 2 37mm cannons in two tank carriages (LT vz. 35) * 10 7.92mm machineguns The commander of the train was Captain F. Adam, and his assistant was Lieutenant A. Tököly. The crew was 70 men. Its first action was on September 27, 1944, at the line Hronská Dúbrava – Kremnica. Near Stará Kremnička it was fighting against a German army advancing to Zvolen. When moving to Hronská Dúbrava, the German Luftwaffe destroyed the train's locomotive. After repair, it successfully fought at Žiar nad Hronom, Jalná and Hronská Dúbrava, from where it moved on October 18, 1944, to Krupina, where it fought against SS Schill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanik Bratislava Hl
Stefanik or Štefánik may refer to: * Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919), Slovak politician * Armored train Štefánik, train used in Slovakia during World War II * Elise Stefanik (born 1984), American politician * Marcin Stefanik (born 1987), Polish footballer * Mike Stefanik (1958-2019), American stock car racing driver * M. R. Štefánik Airport, airport in Bratislava, Slovakia * Samuel Štefánik (born 1991), Slovak footballer {{surname, Stefanik Slovak-language surnames Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partisan (military)
A partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of military occupation, occupation by some kind of insurgent activity. The term can apply to the field element of resistance movements. The most common use in present parlance in several languages refers to Resistance during World War II, occupation resistance fighters during World War II, especially under the Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav partisan leader Josip Broz Tito. History before 1939 The initial concept of partisan warfare involved the use of militia , troops raised from the local population in a war zone (or in some cases regular forces) who would operate behind enemy front line , lines to disrupt communications, seize posts or villages as forward-operating bases, ambush convoys, impose war taxes or contributions, raid logistical stockpiles, and compel enemy forces to disperse and protect their base of operations. George Satterfield has analyse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With approximately 76,000 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia. The present-day town was founded by German settlers during the Middle Ages (as part of the ''Ostsiedlung''), however it was built upon a former Slavic/ Slovakian settlement. It obtained the municipal privileges of a free royal town of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1255. The copper mining town acquired its present picturesque look in the late Middle Ages when the prosperous burghers built its central churches, mansions, and fortifications. It is the capital of the ''kraj'' (more specifically Banská Bystrica Region) and the '' okres'' (Banská Bystrica District). It is also the home of Matej Bel University. As a historical tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobrá Niva
Dobrá Niva (german: Dobring; hu, Dobronya) is a village and municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. The village has a castle. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1254 (''Dobruna''). In 1351 it was allied with the town of Sása. In the 15th century it belonged to local feudatories and, after on, to Esterházy. From 1582 to 1657 it had to pay tributes to Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic o ... whom besieged the village in 1578, 1559 and 1663. External links *http://www.obecdobraniva.sk/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html *http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dobraniva/dobra-niva.html *http://www.hrady.sk/dobra-niva.php Villages and municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Schill
SS is an abbreviation for ''Schutzstaffel'', a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany. SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to: Places *Guangdong Experimental High School (''Sheng Shi'' or ''Saang Sat''), China *Province of Sassari, Italy (vehicle plate code) *South Sudan (ISO 3166-1 code SS) *SS postcode area, UK, around Southend-on-Sea *San Sebastián, Spanish city Arts, entertainment, and media *SS (band), an early Japanese hardcore punk band * ''SS'' (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003 *SS Entertainment, a Korean entertainment company *''S.S.'', for Sosthenes Smith, H. G. Wells pseudonym for story ''A Vision of the Past'' *SS, the production code for the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Wheel in Space'' *''Sesame Street'', American kids' TV show Language * Ss (digraph) used in Pinyin * ß or ss, a German-language ligature * switch-reference in linguistics *''Scilicet'', used as a section sign * (''in the strict sense'') in Latin *Swazi language (ISO 639-1 code "ss") Scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
