• Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia, Germany’s easternmost region, was an oasis of peace for much of the second world war.
  • Königsberg, on the river Pregel, was the capital city of East Prussia until May 1945. The city was founded about 1255 by the Teutonic Order who named it after their then ally...
  • From this core Prussia - later East Prussia - the Prussian state emerged and gave it the name Prussia. In 1724 Königsberg's most famous son saw the light of...
  • East Prussia. Königsberg. ... As the capital of the Prussian province East Prussia it was its cutural and economical center.
  • English: This category contains files and media relating to Königsberg, until 1945 the German capital of East Prussia.
  • On January 24, 1945, the 3rd Belorussian Front led by General Chernyakhovsky, surrounded the capital city of East Prussia, Königsberg.
  • Even the Allies gave him signs beginning in late Aug 1944 when British Lancaster bombers dropped over 1,000 tons of bombs on Königsberg, East Prussia...
  • Soviet troops stormed the powerful Königsberg fortress, an ancient stronghold and center of East Prussia, which was defended by 130-thousand.