5 May 1942
Germany
Germany
- British bombers attacked Stuttgart, Germany for the second consecutive night. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Stuttgart, Württemberg-Hohenzollern | CPC]
6 May 1942
Germany
Germany
- British bombers attacked Stuttgart, Germany for the third consecutive night. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Stuttgart, Württemberg-Hohenzollern | CPC]
20 Apr 1945
Germany
Germany
- Instructed to sacrifice everything for speed the French 5th Armoured Division and Spahi reconnaissance regiment enthusiastically overcame fanatical resistance from German SS units to enter the western suburbs of Stuttgart, Germany. The tanks had moved so fast that it would not be until the following day that their supporting infantry, Moroccan and Algerian Tiralleurs, could catch up, but they had beaten the Americans to the Southwest German city. ww2dbase [Stuttgart, Württemberg-Hohenzollern | AC]
21 Apr 1945
Germany
Germany
- French First Army captured Stuttgart, Germany. ww2dbase [Southern Germany Campaign | Stuttgart, Württemberg-Hohenzollern | TH]
3 May 1945
Photo(s) dated 3 May 1945
Photo(s) dated 3 May 1945
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