Schmalkalden

Schmalkalden (German pronunciation: [ʃmalˈkaldən]) is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in the southwestern portion of Thuringia state in Germany. It is situated on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest at the Schmalkalde river, a tributary to the Werra. From 1949 on, with Thuringia, it formed part of East Germany. After reunification it attained its present political configuration. As of 31 December 2010, the town had a population of 19,978.

Schmalkalden in The Hot War
A squad of the Hungarian People's Army used the area out of Schmalkalden as their launching point for the invasion of West Germany when the ground war phase of World War III began on February 17, 1951. A couple of nights prior, the men from the squad a night's free pass in Schmalkalden.