The Red Army Towards the Oder: Then and Now

The Red Army Towards the Oder Then and Now Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:6.8" x 9.7" Pages:224 Photos:192 mono illustrations Publisher:After the Battle ISBN:9781399059039 Item No. 9781399059039 On January 12, 1945 the Soviet Red Army unleashed its winter offensive, launching strong forces on either side of Warsaw, and within a couple of days crushed the German forces defending the line of the Vistula river and headed westwards. Leaving behind a few small pockets of enemy resistance and cities proclaimed ‘fortresses’, the First Byelorussian Front began a great dash across Poland. Within little over two weeks the Soviet forces reached the Oder river and established several bridgeheads on its western bank. The Oder was the last great river barring the way to Berlin, now just 60 kilometers away, and the Germans mobilized everything in a desperate effort to defend the river line and prevent a Soviet march on the capital. This book brings together three A