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1 online resource (635 pages) : maps |
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Cover; About The Author; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; Preface to the English-language edition; Part I How the Last Campaign for Defeating Hitler's Germany Was Planned; 1 How the Last Campaign for Defeating Hitler's Germany Was Planned; Part II The Vistula-Oder Operation. The Defeat by Soviet Forces of the German-Fascist Troops in Poland in January 1945; 1 Introduction; 2 The Military-Political Situation by the Start of the Vistula-Oder Operation. The Sides' Situation and Plans; 3 The Operation's Preparation; 4 The Conduct of the Operation |
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5 The Results of the Vistula-Oder Operation and Conclusions on Military ArtAnnex 1 List of Front and Army Commanders for the First Belorussian and First Ukrainian Fronts During the Vistula-Oder Operation; Part III The Second and Third Belorussian Fronts' East Prussian Operation; Introduction; 1 A Military-Geographical Description of the Operational Area; 2 The General Situation and the Operational Plan; 3 The Preparation of the Offensive Operation; 4 The Breakthrough of the German Defense North of Gumbinnen and along the Mlawa Direction |
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5 The Development of the Soviet Forces' Offensive. The Second Belorussian Front's Arrival at the Baltic Coast and the Vistula River. The Cutting off of the Germans' East Prussian Group of Forces. The Third Belorussian Front's Capture of the Town of Insterburg. The Overcoming of the Fortified Lines Along the Deime and Alle Rivers6 The Battle with the Enemy's Isolated East Prussian Group of Forces. Combat Operations in the Königsberg Area and to the South. The Repulse of the German Forces' Attempts to Break Through to the Southwest; 7 The Elimination of the German Forces Southwest of Königsberg |
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8 The Defeat of the Germans' Königsberg Group of Forces and the Capture of the Fortress of Königsberg9 The Elimination of the German Group of Forces on the Samland Peninsula; 10 Overall Conclusions; Annex 1 The Third Belorussian Front's Organizational Composition by the Start of the East Prussian Operation of 1945; Annex 2 The Second Belorussian Front's Organizational Composition by the Start of the East Prussian Operation of 1945; Annex 3 Effective Strength of the Second Belorussian Front (15 January 1945) |
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Annex 4 Artillery Distribution in the Armies Along the Second Belorussian Front's Shock AxesAnnex 5 The Correlation of Forces Along the Breakthrough Sectors of the Second Belorussian Front's Shock Groups (14 January 1945); Part IV The Second Belorussian Front's Combat Operations in the East Pomeranian Offensive Operation (February-March 1945); Introduction; 1 The First Stage of the Second Belorussian Front's Combat Operations 10-23 February 1945; 2 The Second Stage of the Front's Combat Operations during 24 February-5 March 1945 |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Individual works translated from the Russian |
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Print version record |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany (East) -- Sources
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Prussia, East (Poland and Russia) -- Sources
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Poland -- Sources
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns
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Germany (East)
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Poland
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Europe -- East Prussia (Poland and Russia)
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781912174560 |
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1912174561 |
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