The Fall of Berlin by Ian Baxter

The Fall of Berlin by Ian Baxter

By March 1945, the Red Army had closed in on Berlin. Marshal Zhukov, with almost a million soldiers and 20,000 tanks and guns at his disposal, launched his assault of the Seelow Heights. While costly with 30,000 Russians killed, it brought the Russian Army to the gates of the capital. On 20 April, Hitler's 56th birthday, Soviet artillery began a massive bombardment of the doomed city. The Fuhrer ordered every soldier, Hitlerjugend and Volksstrum to fight to the death. The house-to-house fighting that followed was brutal and savage with heavy casualties for both military and civilians. Using superb Russian and German imagery this fine Images of War series book describes the Russian assault and Nazi last-ditch defence of Hitler's capital during the final days of the Third Reich.

Ian Baxter is a much-published author and photographic collector whose many books draw an increasing following. Among his previous books in this Series are Hitler's Boy Soldiers, Nazi Concentrations Camp Commandants and German Army on the Eastern Front - The Advance, German Army on the Eastern Front - The Retreat, The Crushing of Army Group (North) and the SS Waffen Division series including SS Leibstandarte Division and SS Totenkopf Division At War. He lives near Chelmsford, Essex.

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ISBN 13	9781526737878
ISBN 10	1526737876
Title	The Fall of Berlin
Author	Ian Baxter
Series	Images Of War
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2019-10-02
Number of pages	144
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