1 Sep 1917
Latvia
Latvia
- The German 8th Army attacked Riga, Latvia in an attempt to bring about the downfall of the Provisional Government and force Russia to sue for peace. Apart from some resistance by one division whose commander had somehow managed to rally his men, most Russian soldiers refused to fight and melted away (their officers being killed by the deserters on frequent occasions). ww2dbase [Riga | AC]
3 Sep 1917
Latvia
Latvia
2 Sep 1920
Latvia
Latvia
18 Oct 1920
Latvia
Latvia
1 Jul 1941
Latvia
Latvia
- The German 4.Panzergruppe captured Riga, Latvia. ww2dbase [Operation Barbarossa | Riga | TH]
2 Jul 1941
Latvia
Latvia
- The local police in Riga, Latvia was organized by a German commander to murder 400 Jews and burn down all Riga's synagogues. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Riga | AC]
30 Nov 1941
Latvia
Latvia
- Latvian and German Jews were massacred near Riga, Latvia. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Riga | CPC]
3 Nov 1943
Latvia
Latvia
- Jewish ghettos at Riga, Latvia were liquidated. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Riga | CPC]
24 Sep 1944
Latvia
Latvia
- The STAVKA ordered the Soviet First Baltic Front to halt on the advance to Riga, Latvia, leaving the job to the Second Baltic Front and Third Baltic Front, and instead march toward Memel (now Klaipeda, Lithuania). ww2dbase [Operation Bagration | Riga | TH, CPC]
12 Oct 1944
Latvia
Latvia
3 Feb 1946
Latvia
Latvia
- Friedrich Jeckeln was found guilty and was executed in Riga, Latvia. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Riga | CPC]
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