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Defeat in the East: Russia Conquers -- January to May 1945
Defeat in the East Russia Conquers January to May 1945 Author:Juergen Thorwald Note: This translation, based on a two-volume German work, abridges the original text. The English translation was originally entitled Flight in Winter. Translation and condensation of "Es Begann an der Weichsel and Das Ende der Elbe". — Forbidden to surrender by Hitler, forced to fight without supplies and ammunition, the once-mighty Wehrmacht w... more »as ground like raw meat in the onslaught of 300 Red Army divisions. Now the Russian soldiers were on German soil, raping, burning and slaughtering on their drive to Berlin. This was the "barbarian horde" the Germans had always feared - and here is the full account of that terrible winter of battle, bloodlust and revenge.« less