Marshal Zhukov at the Oder (eBook)

The Decisive Battle for Berlin

Tony Le Tissier (Autor)

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2021 | 2. Auflage
452 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9844-4 (ISBN)

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In the dying months of the Second World War on 31 January 1945, the first Red Army troops reached the River Oder, barely forty miles from Berlin. Everyone at Soviet Headquarters expected Marshal Zhukov's troops quickly to bring the war to an end. But despite bitter fighting by both sides, a bloody stalemate persisted for two months. At the end of this time the Soviet bridgeheads north and south of Kustrin were eventually united, and the Nazi fortress finally fell. Tony Le Tissier has written an impressively detailed account of the Nazi-Soviet battles in the Oderbruch and for the Seelow Heights, east of Berlin. They culminated in 1945 with the last major land battle in Europe that proved decisive for the fate of Berlin - and the Third Reich. Drawing on official sources and the personal accounts of soldiers from both sides who were involved, Le Tissier has meticulously reconstructed the Soviets' difficult breakthrough on the Oder: the establishment of bridgeheads, the battle for the fortress of Kustrin, and the bloody fight for the Seelow Heights. Numerous maps help the reader follow the ebb and flow of battle, and a selection of archive photographs paint a sobering picture of the final death throes of Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich.

TONY LE TISSIER is an acknowledged expert on the 1945 battle of Berlin.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.10.2021
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1945 • 2nd World War • Battle of Berlin • janaury 1945 • Kustrin • marshal zhukov • Nazis • nazi soviet war • Oder • Oderbruch • Red Army • River Oder • Second World War • seelow heights • The Decisive Battle for Berlin • The Decisive Battle for Berlin, second world war, world war two, world war 2, ww2, wwii, 2nd world war, river oder, janaury 1945, 1945, red army, oder, marshal zhukov, kustrin, nazi soviet war, nazis, oderbruch, seelow heights, battle of berlin, third reich • Third Reich • World War 2 • World War Two • ww2 • WWII
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9844-X / 075099844X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9844-4 / 9780750998444