Battle of Hamburg (1945) siege by the Soviet Red Army, refused to send reinforcements. The Germans managed to resist the British in Bremen for a week; the surviving troops retreated to the Jutland peninsula. The last remaining defence was the city of Hamburg and the Germans sought to make a final stand there. After capturing Soltau, the British 7th Armoured Division of the VIII Corps was poised to assault the city. The British advance towards Hamburg was spearheaded by the 7th Armoured Division, attacking Harburg and advancing to the River Elbe across from Hamburg, with the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division assaulting the town of
Constitution of Hamburg is represented by the senate (the cabinet), which is headed by the First Mayor of Hamburg ("Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg"), a position equivalent to a prime minister or minister-president. The constitution has been amended 34 times since 1952. Constitution of Hamburg The Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg (German: "Verfassung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg") is the basic governing document of the German city-state of Hamburg. It was approved on 6 June 1952. It is the fourth constitution that the state has had, consists of 76 articles, and has been amended 34 times. Erich