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Mauthausen concentration camp

Inside Austria

Also known as 007 · Camp de Mauthausen · Campo de concentração de Mauthausen

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Salzburg

Inside Austria

Also known as Juvavum · Salisbourg · Salisburgo

Mozart’s birthplace and the seat of his former employment before he established himself independently in Vienna.

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Vienna

Inside Austria

Also known as Viena · Vienna, Austria · Vienne

Habsburg imperial capital and the main setting for Mozart’s professional and personal life in the film.

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Belarus

Inside Europe

Also known as Belorussia · Belorussland · Belorußland

Country in Eastern Europe.

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Belgium

Inside Europe

Also known as Belg. · Belgia · Bélgica

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Bastogne

Inside Belgium

Also known as Baaschtnech · Bastenach · Bastenaken

City in Belgium, central to the Battle of the Bulge.

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Foy

Inside Belgium

Also known as Belgium Foy

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Leuven

Inside Belgium

Also known as Louvain · Lovaina · Lowanium

City in Belgium, also known as Louvain.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Inside Europe

Also known as ba · B&H · Bósnia

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Sarajevo

Inside Bosnia and Herzegovina

Also known as Bosna-Serai · City of Sarajevo · Sarajevo (Bosnia y Herzegovina)

Capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Czech Republic

Inside Europe

Also known as Bohemia · Česká republika · Česko

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Prague

Inside Czech Republic

Also known as City of Prague · Hlavní město Praha · Prag

Capital of the Czech Republic and setting of Operation Anthropoid.

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Czechoslovakia

Inside Europe

Also known as Československo · Checoeslovaco · Checoeslovaquia

Former state in Central Europe, 1918–1992.

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France

Inside Europe

Also known as Fr. · França · Francia

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Dunkirk

Inside France

Also known as Duinkerke · Duinkerken · Dune-Libre

Port city in northern France where Allied forces were surrounded and evacuated in May–June 1940.

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Forbach

Inside France

Also known as Fuerboch

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Haguenau

Inside France

Also known as Hagenau

City/commune in Alsace, France.

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Jura

Inside France

Also known as Département Jura · FR-39 · Jura (department)

French department; setting region for A French Village.

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Le Mans

Inside France

Also known as Cenomanensium · Croix-Gazonfière · Denis-des-Coudrais

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Marseille

Inside France

Also known as Cité phocéenne · City of Marseille · Marsaille

Port city in southern France.

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Normandy

Inside France

Also known as Normandia · Normandia, França · Normandie

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Carentan

Inside Normandy

Historic town/former commune in Normandy, France.

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Omaha Beach

Inside Normandy

Also known as Bloody Omaha · Dog Green Sector · Dog Red Sector

One of the five Allied landing beaches in Normandy and the site of the film’s opening battle.

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Paris

Inside France

Also known as City of Light · City of Love · FR-75

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Saint-Malo

Inside France

Also known as Aletum · cité corsaire · Commune-de-la-Victoire

Historic port city in Brittany, France.

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Vichy

Inside France

Also known as Vichyssois

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Germany

Inside Europe

Also known as Alemanha · Alemania · All.

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Berlin

Inside Germany

Also known as BE · Berlim · Berlín, Alemania

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Bremen

Inside Germany

Also known as Brema · Brême · City Municipality of Bremen

City in Germany.

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Frankfurt

Inside Germany

Also known as FFM · Fft. · Francfort

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Kaufering IV concentration camp

Inside Germany

Also known as Hurlach concentration camp · Kaufering IV · KZ-Außenlager Kaufering IV

Subcamp no. 4 of the Kaufering complex of Dachau concentration camp.

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Munich

Inside Germany

Also known as Landeshauptstadt München · LHM · LH München

Capital of Bavaria, Germany.

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Münster

Inside Germany

Also known as Monasterium · Mönster · Muenster

City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Nuremberg

Inside Germany

Also known as Kreisfreie Stadt Nürnberg · Noris · Norymberga

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Regensburg

Inside Germany

Also known as Ratisbo · Ratisbon · Ratisbona

City in Bavaria, Germany.

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Schweinfurt

Inside Germany

Also known as Schweinfurt, St · SW

City in Bavaria, Germany.

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Weimar

Inside Germany

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Greece

Inside Europe

Also known as el · Ellada · gr

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Athens

Inside Greece

Also known as Atenas · Ateny · Athen

The Athenian polis, where Socrates lived, taught, was prosecuted, and died.

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Ireland

Inside Europe

Also known as Irish Republic · Irl. · Irland

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Dublin

Inside Ireland

Also known as City of Dublin · Ciudad de Dublín · Dublin city

Capital and largest city of Ireland.

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Italy

Inside Europe

Also known as It. · Ita. · Ital.

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Milan

Inside Italy

Also known as Mailand · Mediolan · Milan, Italy

A leading Italian city-state involved in the balance of power and alliances affecting Florence.

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Modena

Inside Italy

Also known as Modène

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Rome

Inside Italy

Also known as Capital of the World · City of Marble · City of Seven Hills

Capital of the Roman Empire.

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Sicily

Inside Italy

Also known as Autonome Region Sizilien · Sicile · Sicilia

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Netherlands

Inside Europe

Also known as de Nederlanden · die Niederlande · Holanda

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Amsterdam

Inside Netherlands

Also known as Abstradam · A'dam · Amesterdao

Capital city of the Netherlands.

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Arnhem

Inside Netherlands

Also known as Arnheim

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Norway

Inside Europe

Also known as Kingdom of Norway · Königreich Norwegen · Królestwo Norwegii

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Trondheim

Inside Norway

Also known as Catedral Nidaros · Drontheim · Kaupangen

City in Norway.

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Poland

Inside Europe

Also known as la République de Pologne · Pol. · Polen

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Auschwitz-Birkenau

Inside Poland

Also known as Au. · Auschwitz · Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp

Nazi German concentration and extermination camp complex to which Jewish prisoners from occupied Poland were deported and murdered.

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Gdańsk

Inside Poland

Also known as Dantis · Dantiscum · Dantzick

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Gdynia

Inside Poland

Also known as Gdingen · Gdiniô · Gotenhafen

Polish Baltic city and central setting of the December 1970 violence depicted in Black Thursday.

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Kraków

Inside Poland

Also known as Cracovia · Cracovie · Cracow

Polish city and administrative center of the German occupation in which Schindler operated his enamelware factory.

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Radom

Inside Poland

City in Poland.

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Warsaw

Inside Poland

Also known as Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa · m. st. Warszawa · Varsovia

Political center of the Commonwealth during the succession and mobilization period preceding the Ottoman invasion.

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Wrocław

Inside Poland

Also known as Brassel · Breslau · Breslavia

Major city in Lower Silesia and the central setting of the 1981 bank withdrawal depicted in 80 Million.

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Zakopane

Inside Poland

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Slovakia

Inside Europe

Also known as Eslovaquia · la République slovaque · República Eslovaca

Country in Central Europe.

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Spain

Inside Europe

Also known as Esp. · Espagne · España

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Barcelona

Inside Spain

Also known as Barcelona, Catalonia · Barcelona City · Barcelona, Spain

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Basque Country

Inside Spain

Also known as Basca · Baskenland · Baskonia

Historic and cultural land of the Basque people.

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Guernica

Inside Basque Country

Also known as city of Guernica · Gernica · Gernika

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Madrid

Inside Spain

Also known as Madrid (Espagne) · Madrid, Spanien · Madryt

Capital of Spain and central setting of the 23-F coup attempt and the 1808 Madrid uprising.

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Salamanca

Inside Spain

Also known as Salamanca, Spain · Salamanka · Salamanque

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Switzerland

Inside Europe

Also known as Confederação Helvética · Confederação Suíça · Confederación Helvética

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Ukraine

Inside Europe

Also known as ua · Ucraina · Ucrania

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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Inside Ukraine

Also known as AKW Tschernobyl · Atomkraftwerk Tschernobyl · centrale de Tchernobyl

Nuclear power station near Pripyat, site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

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Lviv

Inside Ukraine

Also known as Lamberg · Lamburg · Lemberg

City in western Ukraine.

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United Kingdom

Inside Europe

Also known as El Reino Unido · G B · G B R

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England

Inside United Kingdom

Also known as Ang. · Angleterre · Anglia

The kingdom attempting to exercise control over Scotland during the conflict.

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Bletchley Park

Inside England

Also known as GC&CS · Government Code and Cypher School · Station X

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Cambridge

Inside England

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London

Inside England

Also known as Augusta · Big Smoke · Greater London

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Manchester

Inside England

Also known as Capital of the North · Cottonopolis · Madchester

City in England.

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Sandringham House

Inside England

Also known as Sandringham · Sandringham Estate · Sandringham Time

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Northern Ireland

Inside United Kingdom

Also known as Irlanda del N. · Irlanda del Norte · Irlanda do Norte

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Belfast

Inside Northern Ireland

Also known as Béal Feirste · Belfast, Irlande du Nord · Belfast, Northern Ireland

Capital city of Northern Ireland.