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The Battle of Kassel was a four-day struggle between the U.S. Army and the German Army in April 1945 for Kassel, a medium-sized city 140 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt am Main, which also is the second-largest city in Hesse (after Frankfurt).
Dec 17, 2023 · Between February 1942 and March 1945, Kassel was subjected to more than 40 bombing attacks from Allied force, reducing the city’s population from a pre-war high of 236,000 to a post-war lull of just 50,000.
Kassel was the capital of Hesse-Kassel (later the Electorate of Hesse) from 1567 to 1866; it also served as the capital of the short-lived kingdom of Westphalia (1807–13) and, after 1866, of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau (until 1944).
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The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%.
Jun 9, 2009 · Twenty years ago, the city of Kassel suddenly found itself right in the center of it all. The Berlin wall had fallen and Kassel, having been forced onto the outskirts of the Federal Republic of Germany for decades, over night became German heartland, center city, in the middle of the map.
The Battle of Kassel was a four-day struggle between the U.S. Army and the German Army in April 1945 for Kassel, a medium-sized city 140 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt am Main, which also is the second-largest city in Hesse (after Frankfurt).
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The war in Europe began on the 1st of September, 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. This act of aggression led to the United Kingdom and France declaring war on Germany. For the next few years, the conflict in the West would focus on the Allies' attempts to push back against German advances.
