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'''Operation Sealion''' was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom from the coastlines of France and Belgium. Though it would never be carried out in full, Nazi agents scoured continental Europe for artifacts associated with the Holy Grail in hopes to harness its supposed supernatural abilities. | '''Operation Sealion''' was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom from the coastlines of France and Belgium. Though it would never be carried out in full, Nazi agents scoured continental Europe for artifacts associated with the Holy Grail in hopes to harness its supposed supernatural abilities. | ||
'''Operation Barbarossa''' was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and its allies starting on 1941. The operation, code-named after the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa marked an escalation of the [[World War II|war]], bringing the Soviet Union into the Allied powers. Among the actions undertaken by the Nazi soldiers was the looting of artwork and precious artifacts, such as the [[Amber Room]] of [[Catherine Palace]], which the Nazis | '''Operation Barbarossa''' was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and its allies starting on 1941. The operation, code-named after the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa marked an escalation of the [[World War II|war]], bringing the Soviet Union into the Allied powers. Among the actions undertaken by the Nazi soldiers was the looting of artwork and precious artifacts, such as the [[Amber Room]] of [[Catherine Palace]], which the Nazis shipped to [[Königsberg]], [[Prussia]] after the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''</ref> | ||
The '''Catherine Palace''' is a palace in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), located 30 kilometres from St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars from its construction by Peter the Great until the Russian Revolution. During World War II, the invading Nazi soldiers looted the palace, dismantling the [[Amber Room]] within and shipping its contents off to Königsberg, [[Prussia]]. | The '''Catherine Palace''' is a palace in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), located 30 kilometres from St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars from its construction by Peter the Great until the Russian Revolution. During World War II, the invading Nazi soldiers looted the palace, dismantling the [[Amber Room]] within and shipping its contents off to Königsberg, [[Prussia]] after the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''</ref> | ||
The '''Amber Room''' was a chamber decorated in [[amber]] panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Tsars' summer residence of [[Catherine Palace]] near [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]. During World War II, the invading Nazi soldiers looted the palace, dismantling the entire room and shipping its contents off to Königsberg, [[Prussia]]. | The '''Amber Room''', also referred to as the ''Amber Chamber''' and by the moniker of ''the Eighth Wonder of the World''', was a chamber decorated in [[amber]] panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Tsars' summer residence of [[Catherine Palace]] near [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]. During World War II, the invading Nazi soldiers looted the palace, dismantling the entire room and shipping its contents off to Königsberg, [[Prussia]] following the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}. In 1943, the director of the {{Wiki|Königsberg City Museum|Königsberg Museum}} sent one of the amber panels to [[Templars|Templar]] [[Gero Kramer]] in [[Książ Castle]], occupied [[Poland]] as a favor. Kramer included the piece as one of the items to be auctioned off on 15 July of the same year, though interference by the Assassins led by Boris Pash left the item's fate unknown after the castle's destruction. The rest of the items fared the same way after the Allied bombing of Königsberg. | ||
'''Königsberg''' is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the [[Amber Room]] looted by the Nazis from [[Catherine Palace]] was transported to Königsberg,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''</ref> | '''Königsberg''' is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the [[Amber Room]] looted by the Nazis from [[Catherine Palace]] was transported to Königsberg, following the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''</ref> After the city's destruction by Allied bombers in August 1944, the fate of the Amber Room was lost. | ||
'''Jan Kubiš''' (1913 – 1942) was a Czech soldier in the Czechoslovak Army, active during World War II. In 1942, Kubiš, along with fellow soldier [[Jozef Gabčík]], was tasked with assassinate high-ranking German ''{{Wiki|Schutzstaffel|SS}}'' officer [[Reinhard Heydrich]] in [[Prague]]. Though managing to kill their mark, their group was discovered two weeks later and Kubiš died during a fierce gun fight. | '''Jan Kubiš''' (1913 – 1942) was a Czech soldier in the Czechoslovak Army, active during World War II. In 1942, Kubiš, along with fellow soldier [[Jozef Gabčík]], was tasked with assassinate high-ranking German ''{{Wiki|Schutzstaffel|SS}}'' officer [[Reinhard Heydrich]] in [[Prague]]. Though managing to kill their mark, their group was discovered two weeks later and Kubiš died during a fierce gun fight. | ||
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