The Battle for Königsberg. The East Prussian Campaign of 1944-1945.
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The Battle for Königsberg. The East Prussian Campaign of 1944-1945.
9.99 €
Königsberg was not just a large fortress city on the Baltic Sea coast, but was the political and strategic center of the entire military system of East Prussia, and its capture finally buried the centuries-old idea of German eastern colonization. The East Prussian offensive operation, which became one of the largest strategic operations of the Red Army, on a front with a total length of 550 kilometers lasted almost four months. In difficult terrain conditions and unfavorable weather the Soviet troops had to overcome the fortified areas prepared for a long, persistent and bloody defense (Königsberg itself was protected by a system of forts and numerous stone buildings). Thus Hitlerites were supported by considerable sea forces and they were ready to give a decisive fight. The new book of the famous historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences G.V. Kretinin in all details restores the course of the East Prussian campaign of 1944-1945: from the breakthrough of the troops of I.D. Chernyakhovsky on the territory of East Prussia - Gumbinnenskaya offensive operation October 16-30, 1944, From the breakthrough of I.D. Chernyakhovsky's troops into East Prussia - the Gumbinnen offensive operation on October 16-30, 1944, the Insterburg-Koenigsberg operation, the defeat of the Heilsberg and Königsberg groups of Germans to the storming of Königsberg, the liquidation of the Zemland group and the seizure of the Frische-Nerung Spit, where the Wehrmacht resistance continued until May 9, 1945. The edition is illustrated with unique color schemes of military operations.
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