Soviet Conquest: Berlin 1945

by Tony Le Tissier

Overview

How did top Red Army commanders see the assault on Berlin in 1945 what was their experience of the last, terrible battle of the Second World War in Europe? Personal accounts by the most famous generals involved Zhukov, Koniev and Chuikov have been published in English, but the recollections of their principal subordinates haven't been available in the west before, and it is their role in the final Soviet offensive that is the focus of Tony Le Tissier's fascinating book. These were the officers who were responsible for the execution of the Red Army's plan for the assault, in immediate touch with the troops on the front line of the advance. They saw most clearly where the operation succeeded and where it failed. Their recollections, publication of which was long banned in the Soviet Union, throw a new light on the course of battle and on the inner workings of the Red Army command in the final phase of the conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473841031
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/31/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

During many years working in several senior official positions in Berlin - including spells as provost marshal and British governor of Spandau prison - Tony Le Tissier has accumulated a vast knowledge of the campaign the led up to the fall of Berlin. He has researched every aspect of the 1945 battle for the city in unprecedented detail and has published a series of outstanding books on the subject - The Battle of Berlin 1945, Farewell to Spandau, Berlin Then and Now, Zhukov at the Oder, Slaughter at Halbe, The Third Reich Then and Now, With Our Backs to Berlin, Death Was Our Companion, Berlin Battlefield Guide: Third Reich and Cold War and The Siege of Kstrin 1945: Gateway to Berlin.

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations iv

List of Plates v

Introduction vii

1 Spearhead 1

Marshal of Tank Troops Michael Yefimovitch Katukov

2 Main Striking Force 35

High Marshal of Tank Troops Amasasp Chatshaturovitch Babadshanian

3 Special Duties 47

Marshal of Engineers Victor Kondratievitch Chartshenko

4 Battle Comrades 73

Army-General Stanislav Poplavski

5 The Steel Guard 95

Lieutenant-Colonel Wenjamin Borissovich Mironov

6 Years in Tanks 133

General David Abramovich Dragunski

Conclusion 197