71.  Soviet troops capture Marienburg and reach the Baltic coast north of Elbing, isolating German forces in East Prussia.

72.  Soviet tanks drive to the Baltic coast southwest of Konigsberg, splitting German forces isolated in East Prussia.

73.  Still, the coalition has survived repeated bouts of tension over sending German forces to the Balkans in recent years.

74.  The coalition has survived repeated bouts of tension over sending German forces to the Balkans in recent years, most recently over deployment in Macedonia this summer.

75.  The court also heard the testimony of two members of the Italian resistance who were held prisoners by German forces in Rome.

76.  The German forces will be largely responsible for teaching the rank-and-file police once training gets under way next month.

77.  The islanders who meekly accepted occupation by overwhelming German forces in World War II were heroes to two Americans who came back for V-E Day ceremonies.

78.  The soldiers died at the Sinyavino Heights, where the Red Army fought for three years to try to dislodge German forces besieging the city.

79.  The slayings were ordered by occupying German forces in retaliation for a bombing by the Italian resistance.

80.  For the German forces this meant, among other things, familiarising themselves with former Yugoslav territory.