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Title

The Berlin operation, 1945 / Soviet General Staff ; edited and translated by Richard W. Harrison.

Publication

Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army, 2016.

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Additional Authors

• Harrison, Richard W.
• Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡. Generalʹnyĭ shtab. Nauchnyĭ voenno-istoricheskiĭ otdel contributor.

Description

472 pages : maps, charts; 25 cm

Summary

'The Berlin Operation, 1945' tells the story of the Red Army's penultimate offensive operation in the war in Europe. Here the forces of three fronts (Second and First Belorussian and First Ukrainian) forced the Oder River and surrounded the defenders of the German capital, reduced the city and drove westward to link up with the Western allies in central Germany.

Subject

• Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ > History
• 1900-1999
• Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Eastern Front

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Preparation of the Berlin Operation -- 1. Introduction -- The Overall Strategic Situation in the Spring of 1945 -- A Short Description of the Area of Military Operations -- A Description of the German Defense -- The Disposition of German Forces on 16 April 1945 -- 2. The Operation's Preparation -- The Overall Operational Plan. Instructions by the Stavka of the Supreme High Command -- Decisions by the Front Commanders and Operational Planning -- The Decision by the First Belorussian Front's Commander -- The Decision by the First Ukrainian Front's Commander -- The Decision by the Second Belorussian Front's Commander -- 3. Measures for Preparing and Supporting the Offensive -- The Fight for the Bridgeheads -- Reconnaissance -- The Regrouping of Forces Before the Offensive -- The Second Belorussian Front's Regrouping -- The First Belorussian Front's Regrouping --
• The First Ukrainian Front's Regrouping -- Training the Troops and Staff -- Measures for Operational Masking -- 4. Organizing the Artillery Offensive -- The Organization of the Second Belorussian Front's Artillery Offensive -- The Organization of the First Belorussian Front's Artillery Offensive -- The Organization of the First Ukrainian Front's Artillery Offensive -- Anti-Aircraft Artillery Support for the Berlin Operation -- 5. Planning, Training and Employing the Air Force -- The Aviation's Planning, Training and Employment in the Second Belorussian Front's Offensive -- The Aviation's Planning, Training and Employment in the First Belorussian Front's Offensive -- The Aviation's Planning, Training and Employment in the First Ukrainian Front's Offensive -- 6. Engineer Support for the Offensive -- Engineer Support for the Second Belorussian Front's Offensive -- Engineer Support for the First Belorussian Front's Offensive --
• Engineer Support for the First Ukrainian Front's Offensive -- Chemical-Smoke Support for the Operation -- 7. Preparing the Dnepr Flotilla -- 8. The Organization of Communications -- The Second Belorussian Front's Organization of Communications -- The First Belorussian Front's Organization of Communications -- The First Ukrainian Front's Organization of Communications -- 9. Materiel Support for the Berlin Operation -- The Second Belorussian Front's Rear Organization -- The First Belorussian Front's Rear Organization -- The First Ukrainian Front's Rear Organization -- 10. Political Support for the Operation -- Organizational Measures -- Propaganda and Agitation Work -- 11. The Disposition of the Fronts' Forces by the Start of the Operation -- The Disposition of the Second Belorussian Front's Forces -- The Disposition of the First Belorussian Front's Forces -- The Disposition of the First Ukrainian Front's Forces -- pt. II
• Combat Operations by the First Belorussian, First Ukrainian and Second Belorussian Fronts -- First Stage -- The Breakthrough of the German Defense along the Oder and Neisse Rivers by the First Belorussian and First Ukrainian Fronts. Combat Operations by the Second Belorussian Front's Forward and Reconnaissance Units (16-19 April) -- 12. The Breakthrough of the German Defense by the First Belorussian Front (16-19 April) -- Reconnaissance Battles, 14-15 April -- The Fighting on 16 April -- The Main Shock Group's Battles -- The Right-Flank Shock Group's Battles -- The Left-Flank Shock Group's Battles -- The Fighting on 17 April -- Tile Main Shock Group's Battles -- The Right-Flank Shock Group's Battles -- The Left-Flank Shock Group's Battles -- The Fighting on 18 April -- The Main Shock Groups Battles -- The Right-Flank Shock Group's Battles -- The Left-Flank Shock Group's Battles -- The Fighting on 19 April -- The Main Shock Group's Battles --
• The Right-Flank Shock Group's Battles -- The Left-Flank Shock Group's Battles -- Conclusions on the First Stage of the First Belorussian Front's Combat Operations -- 13. The Breakthrough of the German Defense by the First Ukrainian Front (16-18 April) -- The Fighting on 16 April -- The Main Shock Group's Battles -- The Fighting Along the Dresden Axis -- The Fighting on 17 April -- The Main Shock Group's Battles -- The Fighting Along the Dresden Axis -- The Fighting on 18 April -- The Main Shock Group's Battles -- The Fighting Along the Dresden Axis -- Conclusions on the First Stage of the First Ukrainian Front's Combat Operations -- 14. Combat Operations of the Second Belorussian Front's Forward and Reconnaissance Units (18-19 April) -- Second Stage --
• The Development of the Breakthrough by the First Belorussian and First Ukrainian Fronts to Encirlce and Dismember the Germans' Berlin Group of Forces. The Breakthrough of the German Defense Along the Oder River by the Second Belorussian Front (19-25 April) -- 15. The First Belorussian Front's Offensive -- The Fighting on 20 April -- The Fighting on 21 April -- The Fighting on 22 April -- The Fighting on 23 April -- The Fighting on 24 April -- The Fighting on 25 April -- 16. The Offensive by the First Ukrainian Front's Main Shock Group -- The Fighting on 19 April -- The Fighting on 20 April -- The Fighting on 21 April -- The Fighting on 22 April -- The Fighting on 23 April -- The Fighting on 24 April -- The Fighting on 25 April -- 17. The Offensive along the Dresden Axis (19-30 April) -- The Fighting on 19 April -- The Fighting on 20 April -- The Fighting on 21 April -- The Fighting on 22 April -- The Fighting on 23 April --
• The Fighting on 24 April -- The Fighting on 25 April -- The Fighting on 26 April -- Conclusions on the Second Stage of the First Belorussian and First Ukrainian Fronts' Combat Operations -- 18. The Forcing of the West Oder River by the Second Belorussian Front and the Breakthrough of the German Defense along its Western Bank (20-25 April) -- The Fighting on 20 April -- The Fighting on 21 April -- The Fighting on 22 April -- The Fighting on 23 April -- The Fighting on 24 April -- The Fighting on 25 April -- Conclusions on the Second Stage of the Second Belorussian Front's Combat Operations -- Third Stage -- The Elimination of the Germans' Frankfurt -- Guben and Berlin Groups of Forces by the First Belorussian and First Ukrainian Fronts, the Capture of Berlin and the Arrival at the Elbe River. The Pursuit and Defeat of the Germans' Third Panzer Army by the Second Belorussian Front (26 April-8 May) -- 19.
• The Elimination of the Frankfurt -- Guben Group of Forces (26 April-8 May) -- The Situation on the First Belorussian Front's Left Wing and the First Ukrainian Front's Right Wing. The Correlation of Forces and the Troops' Objectives -- The Fighting on 26 April -- The Fighting on 27 April -- The Fighting on 28 April -- The Fighting on 29 April -- The Fighting on 30 April -- The Fighting on 1 May -- Conclusions on the Combat Operations Against the Germans' Frankfurt -- Guben Group of Forces -- 20. The Elimination of the Germans' Berlin Group of Forces. The Capture of Berlin (26 April-2 May) -- A Description of Berlin's Defense -- The Fighting in Berlin -- The Fighting on 26 April -- The Fighting on 27 April -- The Fighting on 28 April -- The Fighting on 29 April -- The Fighting on 30 April -- The Fighting on 1 May -- The Fighting on 2 May -- Conclusions on the Fighting in Berlin --
• Features of Our Forces' Combat Activities in the Fighting for Berlin -- Features of Employing Artillery -- Features of Employing Tanks -- Features of Employing Engineers -- Features of Employing Aviation -- Features of Troop Control -- Features of Political Work -- 21. Combat Operations by the Second Belorussian Front After the Breakthrough of the German Defense on the Oder River up to the German Capitulation (26 April-8 May) -- The Fighting on 26 April -- The Fighting on 27 April -- The Fighting on 28 April-5 May -- Conclusions on the Second Belorussian Front's Combat Operations (26 April-8 May) -- 22. The First Belorussian Front and First Ukrainian Fronts' Combat Operations Following the Capture of Berlin up to the German Capitulation (3-8 May) -- 23. Conclusions from the Berlin Operation -- The Operational Plan -- The Scope and Pace of Operations -- Actions of Rifle Formations in the Breakthrough --
• The Employment of the Fronts Mobile Forces -- The Employment of the Fronts' Second-Echelon Combined-Arms Armies -- The Elimination of Surrounded Groups of Forces -- Operational Support -- Fighting for Bridgeheads and Features of Attacking from Them -- Features of Employing the Combat Arms -- Artillery -- Tanks -- Aviation -- Engineer Troops -- Features of Control and Communications Work -- Features of Organizing Rear Work -- Features of Political Support for the Operation.

ISBN

• 1910777668
• 9781910777664

OCLC

• 926825127
• SCSB-11317211

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library