The Gas Attacks at Hulluch were two German cloud gas attacks Attack on British troops during World War I , from 1916 , near the village of Hulluch , north of Loos in northern France .

Two days later the Germans began Process_start another gas attack but the wind turned Becoming and blew the gas back over the German lines .

A large number of German casualties Catastrophe were caused Causation by the change in the wind direction and the decision to go Motion ahead against protests by local officers , which were increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by British troops , who fired on German soldiers as they fled Escaping in the open .

A large number of German casualties Catastrophe were caused Causation by the change in the wind direction and the decision to go Motion ahead against protests by local officers , which were increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by British troops , who fired on German soldiers as they fled Escaping in the open .

The gas used Using by the German troops at Hulluch was a mixture of chlorine and phosgene , which had first been used Using on 19 December 1915 at Wieltje , near Ypres .

The German gas was of sufficient concentration to penetrate Filling the British PH gas helmets and the 16th Division was unjustly blamed Judgment_communication for poor gas discipline .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Saint-Mihiel was a major World War I battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter from 12–15 September 1918 , involving Cause_to_be_included the American Expeditionary Forces ( AEF ) and 110,000 French troops under the command Control of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions .

The attack Attack at the Saint-Mihiel salient was part of a plan Arranging by Pershing in which he hoped that the Americans would break Destroying through the German lines and capture Conquering the fortified city of Metz .

This meant Communication that their artillery was out of place and the American attack Attack , coming up Motion against disorganized German forces , proved Coming_to_believe more successful than expected .

To everyone 's surprise , ethnic German Klaus Iohannis won the election Change_of_leadership .

It was launched Process_start on 29 August 1944 from Banská Bystrica in an attempt to resist Defending German troops that had occupied Slovak territory and to overthrow Change_of_leadership the collaborationist government of Jozef Tiso .

Operation Retribution ( ) , also known as Operation Punishment , was the April 1941 German bombing Attack of Belgrade , the capital of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , in retaliation for the coup d'état that overthrew Change_of_leadership the government that had signed Sign_agreement the Tripartite Pact .

Following desertions Escaping from his German federated troops , hostile Germanic warbands learned Education_teaching that his force was under-strength and moved Motion to attack Attack the town .

Historians estimate Statement that up to half of Hungary 's then population of 2,000,000 were victims Death of the Mongol invasion Ottokar 's troops consisted of Bohemian-Moravian , German , Polish , Carinthian , Carniolan and Styrian forces , while Bela 's huge army gathered Come_together Hungarian , Slovak , Cuman , Russian , Polish , Bulgarian , Wallachian , Ukrainian ( Galician ) , Slavonian , Croatian , Bosnian , Serbian , Pecheneg and Szekler contingents .

The British War Cabinet feared Change_sentiment that France would hand Giving the ships to the German Navy ( `` Kriegsmarine '' ) , giving Giving the Axis assistance Assistance in the Battle Military_operation of the Atlantic or Battle Military_operation of the Mediterranean .

On 27 November 1942 , after Operation Military_operation Torch , the Allied invasion Attack of Morocco and French Algeria had begun Process_start , the French navy foiled Removing a German attempt to capture Conquering the rest of the French fleet ( Operation Military_operation Anton ) by scuttling Destroying their ships in Toulon Harbour .

Henry sent Sending Joyeuse into the field against Navarre , while he himself intended to meet Come_together the approaching German and Swiss armies .

For his part , Henry III successfully prevented Preventing_or_letting the junction Military_operation of the German and Swiss armies .

In Paris , the glory of repelling Defending the German and Swiss Protestants all fell Motion_directional to the Duke of Guise .

The German authorities looked Scrutiny on without intervening Control .

British historian Martin Gilbert wrote Writing that no event in the history of German Jews between 1933 and 1945 was so widely reported Reporting as it was happening , and the accounts from foreign journalists working Being_in_operation in Germany sent Sending shockwaves around the world .

The pretext for the attacks Attack was the assassination Killing of the Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan , a 17-year-old German-born Polish Jew living in Paris .

Modern analysis of German scholarly sources puts Communication the figure much higher ; when deaths Death from post-arrest maltreatment and subsequent suicides Killing are included Cause_to_be_included , the death Death toll climbs into the hundreds , with Richard J. Evans estimating 638 suicide Killing deaths Death .

However , after 1941 , Chetniks extensively and systematically collaborated Collaboration with the Italian occupation forces Military_operation until the Italian capitulation , and thereon also with German and Ustashe forces Military_operation .

In terms of proportional German casualties and destruction , it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale only by the period January to May 1945 ; one of its enduring results was 19th-century Pan-Germanism , when it served Assistance as an example of the dangers of a divided Germany and became Becoming a key justification for the 1871 creation of the German Empire ( although it excluded Preventing_or_letting the German-speaking parts of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire ) .

In terms of proportional German casualties and destruction , it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale only by the period January to May 1945 ; one of its enduring results was 19th-century Pan-Germanism , when it served Assistance as an example of the dangers of a divided Germany and became Becoming a key justification for the 1871 creation of the German Empire ( although it excluded Preventing_or_letting the German-speaking parts of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire ) .

The Thirty Years ' War devastated Destroying entire regions , resulting in Causation high mortality , especially among the populations of the German and Italian states , the Crown of Bohemia , and the Southern Netherlands .

The Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive ( ) was an offensive by the Red Army 's 3rd Ukrainian Front and elements of the 4th Ukrainian Front against the German 6th Army in the area of Nikopol and Krivoi Rog in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine between 30 January and .

Following the Soviet advance Cause_to_make_progress to the Dnieper in the Battle of the Dnieper during late 1943 , German forces managed Control to hold to the Nikopol bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper , the area of manganese ore mines of crucial importance to German war production that Adolf Hitler insisted on holding Defending .

Following the Soviet advance Cause_to_make_progress to the Dnieper in the Battle of the Dnieper during late 1943 , German forces managed Control to hold to the Nikopol bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper , the area of manganese ore mines of crucial importance to German war production that Adolf Hitler insisted on holding Defending .

In November and December , the 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Fronts conducted Action multiple unsuccessful attacks against the bridgehead , a salient centered Placing around the supply Supply base and rail junction of Apostolovo , and German troops in the Krivoi Rog area .

Nikopol fell Motion_directional on 8 February , but despite heavy losses Earnings_and_losses the troops in the bridgehead , including the German IV Army Corps , were able to retreat Escaping across the Dnieper .

Other armies from the front then resumed the advance and captured Conquering several bridgeheads over the Inhulets river , which became Becoming the next German defensive line .

The offensive resulted in the loss Earnings_and_losses of the German salient and at least 15,000 casualties being inflicted Causation on the units of 6th Army in the fighting Hostile_encounter .

The German invasion began Process_start on 1 September 1939 , one week after the signing Sign_agreement of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union .

German forces invaded Attack Poland from the north , south , and west the morning after the Gleiwitz incident .

On 6 October , following the Polish defeat Conquering at the Battle of Kock , German and Soviet forces gained Getting full control Control over Poland .

The Dubai police found Know that 12 of the suspects used Using British passports , along with six Irish , four French , one German , and three Australian passports .

The German travel writer Richard Katz witnessed the hurricane while in Havana , and described the experience in his book `` Loafing Around the Globe '' ( `` Ein Bummel um Die Welt '' ) .

A reciprocal French advance eastwards in Artois could cut Removing the rail lines supplying the German armies between Arras and Reims .

French operations in Artois , Champagne and Alsace from November–December 1914 , led General Joseph Joffre , Generalissimo ( Commander in Chief ) and head of Grand Quartier Général ( GQG ) , to continue the offensive in Champagne against the German southern rail supply route and to plan an offensive in Artois , against the lines supplying the German armies from the north .

French operations in Artois , Champagne and Alsace from November–December 1914 , led General Joseph Joffre , Generalissimo ( Commander in Chief ) and head of Grand Quartier Général ( GQG ) , to continue the offensive in Champagne against the German southern rail supply route and to plan an offensive in Artois , against the lines supplying the German armies from the north .

The attacks would confront Hostile_encounter the German 6th Army with a joint offensive on a front eastwards into the Douai plain , where an advance of would cut the railways supplying the German armies as far south as Reims .

The attacks would confront Hostile_encounter the German 6th Army with a joint offensive on a front eastwards into the Douai plain , where an advance of would cut the railways supplying the German armies as far south as Reims .

The French attacked Attack Vimy Ridge and the British attacked Attack further north in the Battle of Aubers Ridge ( 9 May ) and the Battle of Festubert The battle was fought Hostile_encounter during the German offensive of the Second Battle of Ypres which the Germans ended to reinforce the Artois front .

The initial French attack broke Bodily_harm through and captured Conquering Vimy Ridge but reserve units were not able to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the troops on the ridge , before German counter-attacks forced them back about half-way to their jumping-off points .

The British attack at Aubers Ridge was a costly failure and two German divisions in reserve were diverted Change_sentiment south against the Tenth Army .

The failure to break through , despite the expenditure of and the suffering of led to recriminations against Joffre ; the German 6th Army suffered Bodily_harm A lull followed until the Second Battle of Champagne , the Third Battle of Artois and the Battle of Loos in September .

The battle for control of the Ludendorff Bridge caused Causation both the American and German forces Military_operation to employ Employment new weapons and tactics in combat for the first time .

The Americans counted 367 different German Luftwaffe aircraft attacking Attack the bridge over the next 10 days .