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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 On 1 February 1945, I was ordered to take Kunersdorf, a village directly east of Frankfurt an der Oder. The enemy situation was unknown, but we knew that the Replacement Brigade Grossdeutschland was trapped in the Reppiner Forest northeast of Kunersdorf and was making desperate attempts to break out. We had to force a passage through to the west.
#2 The attack on Trettin was made possible by the famous Luftwaffe Colonel Rudel, who had helped break out the Grossdeutschland that day. He had disassociated himself from the activities of the Nazi prisoners of war who did propaganda work for the Red Army, but was later exonerated by a West German court.

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Histoire

Segunda Guerra Mundial

Military

World War II

History

Seconde Guerre mondiale

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	25 mai 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9798822521742
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On 1 February 1945, I was ordered to take Kunersdorf, a village directly east of Frankfurt an der Oder. The enemy situation was unknown, but we knew that the Replacement Brigade Grossdeutschland was trapped in the Reppiner Forest northeast of Kunersdorf and was making desperate attempts to break out. We had to force a passage through to the west.

#2

The attack on Trettin was made possible by the famous Luftwaffe Colonel Rudel, who had helped break out the Grossdeutschland that day. He had disassociated himself from the activities of the Nazi prisoners of war who did propaganda work for the Red Army, but was later exonerated by a West German court.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The 256th Volksgrenadier Infantry Division, and with it Regiment 481, was pulled out of the northern Vosges Mountains in January 1945. We were glad to be able to leave that sector. We marched by night down the steep mountain road and across the Saar into Saarburg.

#2

The road leading down to the Moselle was heavily mined, so the Germans had to keep to the denoted paths. They had a small stream running parallel to the road on the right that had cut down to about four meters at the deepest part.

#3

The narrow tower I was in had a good view of the destroyed bridge leading across to Remich. I spent a lot of time there, chatting with the machine gunners. The No. 1 was a Sergeant Flinn, the No. 2 a little chap with the Iron Cross First Class.

#4

We were on high alert after hearing sounds of movement down the street leading from the Moselle. Our heavy machine gun fired two belts into the gully, and it was quiet once more. I could not give any fire orders as the flashes from the firing mortars would have given their location away.

#5

The American army arrived at the castle and began to make their way up the road. I woke up at dawn and watched as they made their way up the road. I was shocked to see the American tank drive into the castle courtyard and its gun pointing toward me.

#6

The American soldiers were across the river, and the Germans were trapped. The forward observers for the mortars gave the Germans up, and one of them went outside to surrender.

#7

The Americans took me and the other prisoners to Nennig, where we were first interrogated. The artillery forward observer went in first, then me about a quarter of an hour later.

#8

The battle for Schloss Thorn was over, and for us the war.

#9

The Orscholz-Switch, the land between the Saar and the Moselle, had suffered a lot in the months-long fighting. But through the untiring industry of the inhabitants, the villages had been rebuilt and the countryside was flourishing.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

I was sent to the Division Berlin, where I was assigned to the Officer-Cadet Regiment Dresden. I was 19 years old. The front line was still about four kilometers away. Several Russian fighters and ground-attack aircraft appeared in the cloudless sky, but soon fled when our own fighters appeared.

#2

We were deployed to the front line that evening, and were divided up among several companies. I stayed with Gessner, Warrelmann, Erhardt, Bücklers, Pohlmeyer, Krahl, and Gillner in 4 Company. The further forward we went, the heavier was the machine gun fire.