He quickly picked himself up and delivered the free kick to Hurst, totally unmarked in his run, as the Germans regrouped.

Some Germans were convinced that it was their duty to apply all possible expedients to end the war as quickly as possible ; that is, to further the German defeat by all available means.

Lacking a technological base at first, the Germans imported their engineering and hardware from Britain, but quickly learned the skills needed to operate and expand the railways.

Lacking a technological base at first, the Germans imported their engineering and hardware from Britain, but quickly learned the skills needed to operate and expand the railways.

It was quickly taken by the Germans during the Battle of Maastricht in May 1940, but on 14 September 1944 it was also the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.

The initial enthusiasm that accompanied the liberation from Soviet occupation quickly waned as a result and the Germans had limited success in recruiting volunteers.

The Germans estimated that the new government of France could not be interested in continuing the war that had been declared by the monarch they had quickly deposed.

“ Germans threw themselves into their clubs, voluntary associations, and professional organizations out of frustration with the failures of the national government and political parties, thereby helping to undermine the Weimar Republic and facilitate Hitler ’ s rise to power .” In this article about the fall of the Weimar Republic, the author makes the claim that Hitler rose to power so quickly because he was able to mobilize the groups towards one common goal.

* Henry the Fowler is elected King of the Germans at the Reichstag of Fritzlar, and quickly fortifies Magdeburg against the Magyars and Slavs.

Nevertheless, the Russians considered the Germans to be their primary threat, and planned to use limited forces to quickly seize East Prussia.

The Germans quickly developed plans to launch a pre-emptive operation, following the adage that the best defence is a good offense, intent on capturing the northern section of the Zouave Valley along the northernmost portion of the Canadian front.

Although such bullet designs were quickly outlawed for use in warfare ( in 1898, the Germans complained they breached the Laws of War ), they steadily gained ground among hunters due to the ability to control the expansion of the new high velocity cartridges.

In level farming regions, the Germans managed to repair the tracks quickly, with the salvage of some matériel a relatively easy proposition.

He also followed German central bank's interest rate policies closely, which earned him the nickname " Mr Fifteen Minutes " because he quickly followed any interest rate changes made by the Germans.

As a result, even though huge territories were captured by the Germans, the production potential of the Soviet economy was not correspondingly harmed, and the factories shifted to mass production of military equipment quickly.

Hastings ' first settlers were English, from Liverpool, and were quickly joined by other English, Irish, Germans, Danes, and Germans from Russia.

The French mobilized millions of recruits, and their goal was to use this number to defeat the Germans quickly in Alsace.

The Russians moved faster than expected, gaining ground in East Prussia more quickly than the Germans had planned for.

After Germany's defeat at the Marne, there began a series of flanking maneuvres by both the Germans, and the British and French Allies heading northwards in one last attempt to end the war quickly.

When the Germans tried the same tactic again in 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge, the US Army was able to very quickly " pick the corners " in this fashion and brought the spearhead to a halt in a few days.

The British government believed that if they could defeat this new system very quickly, the Germans would abandon their attempts entirely.

The Germans were pouring men and supplies into Tunisia, and the Allies were trying to get sufficient troops into the country quickly enough to stop them before the need for a full scale campaign to drive them out occurred.

The Germans reacted extremely quickly to the Italian surrender.

Montgomery's training paid off when the Germans began their invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May 1940 and the 3rd Division advanced to the River Dijle and then withdrew to Dunkirk with great professionalism, entering the Dunkirk perimeter in a famous night-time march which placed his forces on the left flank which had been left exposed by the Belgian surrender.

The Germans broke through the area between Munkkiniemi and Pasila, and advanced on the central-western parts of the town.

Local Helsinki White Guards, hidden in the city during the war, joined the battle as the Germans advanced through the town.

From Ribbentrop's point of view, this had the dual benefit of ensuring popular support for the German Army as it advanced into the Caucasus and of ensuring that it was the Foreign Office that ruled the Caucasus once the Germans occupied the area.

Due to the expulsions of Germans from Polish territory ( and the fact that many Germans had left as the Soviets advanced ), Poznań's post-war population was almost uniformly Polish.

The transportation of factories and whole labour forces east of the Urals as the Germans advanced across the USSR in 1941 was an impressive feat of planning.

Horses such as the Trakehner were used in World War II which, at the end, nearly destroyed the breed as Soviet troops advanced from the East, causing flight and expulsion of Germans during and after WWII.

The Germans were swiftly defeated, losing 11, 157 prisoners and 180 guns as the French advanced up to 6 km, capturing the town of La Malmaison and gaining control of the Chemin des Dames ridge.

After a massive eight-hour artillery bombardment, the Germans did not expect much resistance as they slowly advanced on Verdun and its forts.

As the Germans advanced on 24 March, the British Fifth army retreated and a gap was created in the British / French lines – giving them access to Paris.

The Germans missile research was the most advanced of the war as the Germans put considerable effort in the research and development of rocket systems for all purposes.

Initially the Germans advanced with great ease and nearly captured Moscow, also laying siege to Leningrad, but soon found themselves fighting the harsh Russian winter as well as stiffer Soviet resistance, and their advance ground to a halt at Stalingrad in early 1943.

The West Germans adjusted their line up after the loss and advanced to the final which was the other outstanding match, against the Johan Cruijff-led Dutch team and their brand of " Total Football ".

The Germans started to withdraw, while the motorized Allied forces advanced very fast and threatened to cut off major German units.

The advanced tactical positioning by the Germans more than offset the occasional French success, although casualties were heavy on both sides.

At first, Ussmak and his crewmates revel at the ease with which they manage to destroy T-34s and Panzer IVs, the most advanced armored fighting vehicles available to the Soviets and Germans, respectively.

German civilians were cleared as the 26th Infantry advanced ; no Germans were allowed to remain in the American's rear.

As Allied forces advanced toward Germany, the Germans began to move prisoners in concentration camps near the front to more centrally located camps.

The town avoided significant damage during the war, though it came under occasional shellfire when the Germans advanced to within during the Battle of the Lys in April 1918.

In the Soviet Union, Armenians, along with Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Georgians, Germans, and Jews were judged as " advanced " peoples, and were grouped together as Western nationalities.

In March 1918 the Germans launched their Spring Offensive near Saint-Quentin and as the Allied line collapsed, the German forces advanced swiftly into the Somme valley.

Defences were found to be light and / or abandoned as they advanced and only three Germans were encountered at close quarters who withdrew immediately.