Battle Of Kustrin

A Russian Guards Tank Corps from the 5th Shock Army launches an attack along the Kustrin-Berlin Highway. ln their path, a hastlly assembled kampfgruppe of no name or number prepares to make a last stand.

1945-03-22

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A Russian Guards Tank Corps from the 5th Shock Army launches an attack along the Kustrin-Berlin Highway. ln their path, a hastily assembled kampfgruppe of no name or number prepares to make a last stand.

Kustrin, Russia

The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation. A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of the Second World War. It was fought over three days, from 16–19 April 1945. Close to 1,000,000 Soviet soldiers of theist Belorussian Front, commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the "Gates of Berlin". They were opposed by about 110,000 soldiers of the German 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of the Army Group Vistula.

Wikipedia: Battle of the Seelow Heights

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