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Slaughter at Halbe: The Destruction of Hitler's 9th Army - Softcover

Tissier, Tony Le

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9780750945899: Slaughter at Halbe: The Destruction of Hitler's 9th Army
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ISBN 10: 0750945893 ISBN 13: 9780750945899
Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Operation "Berlin", the Soviet offensive launched on April 16, 1945 by Marshals Zhukov and Koniev, isolated the German Ninth Army and tens of thousands of refugees in the Spreewald "pocket", southeast of Berlin. Stalin ordered its encirclement and destruction and his subordinates, eager to win the race to the Reichstag, pushed General Busse’s 9th Army into a tiny area east of the village of Halbe. To escape the Spreewald pocket the remnants of 9th Army had to pass through Halbe, where barricades constructed by both sides formed formidable obstacles and the converging Soviet forces subjected the area to heavy artillery fire. By the time 9th Army eventually escaped the Soviet pincers, it had suffered 40,000 killed and 60,000 taken prisoner. Teenaged refugees recount their experiences alongside Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS veterans attempting to maintain military discipline amid the chaos and carnage of headlong retreat. While army commanders strive to extricate their decimated units, demoralized soldiers change into civilian clothing and take to the woods. Relating the story day by day, Tony Le Tissier shows the impact of total war upon soldier and civilian alike, illuminating the unfolding of great and terrible events with the recollections of participants.

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About the Author

Lt-Col Tony Le TIissier MBE served with the British Army’s Corps of Royal Military Police until 1977. British governor of the Spandau Allied Prison in Berlin from 1981 to 1987, Tony is the author of Battle of Berlin, Berlin Then and Now, Farewell to Spandau, Zhukov at the Oder, Race for the Reichstag, With Our Backs to Berlin and Death Was Our Companion. He lives in Lymington, Hampshire.



 



 

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Publisher
Sutton Pub Ltd
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0750945893
ISBN 13 
9780750945899
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
289
Rating
  • 3.94 out of 5 stars
    67 ratings by Goodreads