Combined with the capture of `` Berchtesgaden '' , any hope of Nazi leadership continuing to wage war from a so-called National Redoubt or escape through the Alps was crushed Destroying , shortly followed by unconditional German surrender on 8 May 1945 .

The attack took place Process_start at the west end Process_end of the Redoubt near Loos , on the Western Front .

The city , which was ringed by forts known as the National Redoubt , was besieged Besieging to the south and east by German forces .

Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt was a German front-line fortification Defending , west of the village of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme .

The success of the German defence Defending of the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt crater contributed Giving to the failure of the British attack Attack on the rest of the VIII Corps front .

The Capture of Schwaben Redoubt ( ) was a tactical incident Catastrophe in the Battle of the Somme , 1916 .

The government abandoned GiveUp the capital , Brussels , on 17 August and after fighting Hostile_encounter on the Gete river , the Belgian field army withdrew Escaping westwards to the National Redoubt at Antwerp on 19 August .