The siege of Kustrin, 1945 : gateway to Berlin / Tony Le Tissier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Tissier, Tony, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany--Kustrin.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley [England] : Pen & Sword Military, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The unexpected arrival of Soviet troops at the end of January 1945 at the ancient fortress and garrison town of Küstrin came as a tremendous shock to the German High Command - the Soviets were now only 50 miles from Berlin itself. The Red Army needed the vital road and rail bridges passing through Küstrin for their forthcoming assault on the capital, but flooding and their own high command's strategic blunders resulted in a sixty-day siege by two Soviet armies which totally destroyed the town. The delay in the Soviet advance also gave the Germans time to consolidate the defences shielding Berl

Contents:

Introduction; List of Maps; Chapter 1. The Development of a Fortress; Chapter 2. The Vistula-Oder Operation; Chapter 3. Defence Preparations; Chapter 4. The Russians Are Here!; Chapter 5. The Siege Begins; Chapter 6. The Russians Close In; Chapter 7. Evacuation; Chapter 8. Assault on the Neustadt; Chapter 9. Assault on the Altstadt; Chapter 10. Breakout; Chapter 11. Consequences; Annex A: Küstrin Garrison Units, as at22 February 1945; Annex B: Reinefarth's Report on the Fall of KüstrinFortress and the Breakout of theSurviving Garrison; Annex C: Kreisleiter Körner's Report; Notes

BibliographyIndex; Armed Forces Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-302) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781299198944

1299198945

9781848846975

1848846975

OCLC:

797917299