Austria was occupied by the Allies and declared independent from Nazi Germany on 27 April 1945 (confirmed by the Berlin Declaration for Germany on 5 June 1945), as a result of the …

The Vienna offensive was an offensive launched by the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in order to capture Vienna, Austria, during World War II. The offensive lasted from 16 March to …

In 1943, the Allies had agreed that Austria would be treated as a victim of Nazi aggression, but the ensuing Cold War put Austria at the center of a new ideological power struggle in Europe. …

The city of Vienna in Austria was bombed 52 times during World War II, [citation needed] and 37,000 residences of the city were lost, [citation needed] 20% of the city's housing stock. Only …

Compared to the pre-1938 situation, the territory that now forms the 22nd district north of the Danube and the 23rd district at the southern extremity of the urban area has been part of …

This was the kind of city that experienced the Second World War, which, unlike the earlier war of 1914 to 1918, directly and brutally affected the city and its residents. From 1943 the city …

Vienna was the capital of a large multi-national empire under the German-speaking Habsburg dynasty for five centuries. After 1918, following World War I, Vienna became the capital of the …

Soviet occupation policies in Austria were to a large extent shaped by the Moscow Declaration of 1943, in which the British, Americans, and Soviets proclaimed that Austria was Germany’s first …

What was the impact of World War II on Austria and Vienna? How much was the city damaged? An attempt at a brief summary could look like this: With the surprising attack on Poland on …

The major bombing of Austria started with an attack on Wiener Neustadt by U.S. command on August 13, 1943. The US air force together with the British 205th squadron carried out …