The Agony of Doom

With the Third Reich in its death throes, the Russian juggernaut began to pickup speed. The German defense line on the Oder had been broken. One town after another fell to the Russian armies as they advanced on Berlin, but …

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With the Third Reich in its death throes, the Russian juggernaut began to pickup speed. The German defense line on the Oder had been broken. One town after another fell to the Russian armies as they advanced on Berlin, but Hitler was determined not to fight the final battle in the city itself, but rather on the front of the IX Army. Throwing whatever troops were available into the path of the onrushing hordes, the Germans paid a bitter price for every day's delay. One such area where heavy fighting occurred was in and around the town of Muncheberg where the Germans momentarily mounted a semblance of organized defense. Here, just 20 miles east of Berlin, mixed units of the 56th Panzer Corps made an attempt to foresta ll the inevitable advance of the 8th Guards Army.

Muncheberg, Germany

The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II.

Wikipedia: Battle of Berlin

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