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Battle of Losheim Gap and Joachim Peiper

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Difference between Battle of Losheim Gap and Joachim Peiper

Battle of Losheim Gap vs. Joachim Peiper

The Losheim Gap is a long, narrow valley at the western foot of the Schnee Eifel, on the border of Belgium and Germany. Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976), also known as Jochen Peiper, was a field officer in the Waffen-SS during World War II and personal adjutant to Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler between November 1940 and August 1941.

Similarities between Battle of Losheim Gap and Joachim Peiper

Battle of Losheim Gap and Joachim Peiper have 24 things in common (in Unionpedia): Antwerp, Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, Battle of the Bulge, Büllingen, Belgium, Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance, Kampfgruppe, La Gleize, Malmedy massacre, Meuse, Prisoner of war, Schnee Eifel, Sepp Dietrich, Siegfried Line, SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer, Standartenführer, Trois-Ponts, Waffen-SS, World War II, 12th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, 3rd Parachute Division (Germany), 6th Panzer Army, 99th Infantry Division (United States).

Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers) is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in Flanders.

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Battle of Lanzerath Ridge

The Battle of Lanzerath Ridge was fought on December 16, 1944, the first day of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, near the village of Lanzerath, Belgium, along the key route for the German advance on the northern shoulder of the operation.

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Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.

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Büllingen

Büllingen (Bullange) is a largely German-speaking municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance

ISTAR stands for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance.

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Kampfgruppe

In military history and military slang, the German term Kampfgruppe (pl. Kampfgruppen; abbrev. KG, or KGr in Luftwaffe usage during World War II) can refer to a combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II and, to a lesser extent, of the German Empire in World War I. It also referred to bomber groups in Luftwaffe usage, which themselves consisted of three or four Staffeln (squadrons), and usually (but not exclusively) existed within Kampfgeschwader bomber wings of three or four Kampfgruppen per wing.

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La Gleize

La Gleize is a village and section of the Belgian Municipality of Stoumont, situated in Wallonia in the province of Liège.

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Malmedy massacre

The Malmedy massacre (1944) was a war crime in which 84 American prisoners of war were killed by their German captors near Malmedy, Belgium, during World War II.

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Meuse

The Meuse (la Meuse; Walloon: Moûze) or Maas (Maas; Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Schnee Eifel

The Schnee Eifel is a heavily wooded landscape in Germany's Central Uplands that forms part of the western Eifel in the area of the German-Belgian border.

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Sepp Dietrich

Josef Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was an Oberst-Gruppenführer in the Waffen-SS, the armed paramilitary branch of the Schutzstaffel (SS), who commanded units up to army level during World War II.

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Siegfried Line

The term Siegfried Line refers to two different German defensive lines, one during the First World War and the other during the Second World War.

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SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer

SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer was (from 1942 to 1945) the highest commissioned rank in the Schutzstaffel (SS), with the exception of Reichsführer-SS, held by SS commander Heinrich Himmler.

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Standartenführer

Standartenführer ("standard leader") was a Nazi Party (NSDAP) paramilitary rank that was used in several NSDAP organizations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK.

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Trois-Ponts

Trois-Ponts is a municipality of Belgium.

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Waffen-SS

The Waffen-SS (Armed SS) was the armed wing of the Nazi Party's SS organisation.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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12th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 12th Infantry Division (German: "12. Infanteriedivision") – later known as the 12th Volksgrenadier Division – was a Wehrmacht military unit of Nazi Germany that fought during World War II.

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1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

The 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler", short LSSAH, (1.) began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard, responsible for guarding the Führer's person, offices, and residences.

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3rd Parachute Division (Germany)

The 3rd Parachute Division was an elite military unit of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe that was active during World War II.

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6th Panzer Army

The 6th Panzer Army (6. Panzer-Armee) was a formation of the German Army, formed in the autumn of 1944.

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99th Infantry Division (United States)

The 99th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II.

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Battle of Losheim Gap and Joachim Peiper Comparison

Battle of Losheim Gap has 47 relations, while Joachim Peiper has 253. As they have in common 24, the Jaccard index is 8.00% = 24 / (47 + 253).

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