ASIN: B00Y1R4X92
Publisher: Bayern Classic Publications
Pages: 152
While the Battle of Berlin in 1945 is widely known, the horrific story of the Halbe Kessel remains largely untold.In April 1945, victorious Soviet forces encircled 80,000 men of the German 9th Army in the Halbe area, South of Berlin, together with many thousands of German women and children. The German troops, desperate to avoid Soviet capture, battled furiously to break out towards the West, where they could surrender to the comparative safety of the Americans. For the German civilians trapped in the Kessel, the quest to escape took on frantic dimensions, as the terror of Red Army brutality spread. The small town of Halbe became the eye of the hurricane for the breakout, as King Tigers of the SS Panzer Corps led the spearhead to the West, supported by Panthers of the battle-hardened 21st Panzer Division.Panzer by panzer, unit by unit, the breakout forces were cut down – until only a ...
