Operation Hannibal
1945 evacuation of German troops from East Prussia and northern Poland by sea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Hannibal Directive.
Operation Hannibal was a German naval operation involving the evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the Courland Pocket, East Prussia, West Prussia and Pomerania from mid-January to May 1945 as the Red Army advanced during the East Prussian and East Pomeranian Offensives and subsidiary operations. The operation was one of the largest evacuations by sea in history.
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