Liquidation of the Frankfurt-Gubensky group

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The environment of the 9 Army

Having completed the breakthrough of the Oder defensive line, the left wing of the 1st Belorussian Front (5th shock, 8th guards and 1st guards tank army) began to maneuver in order to encircle and dismember the Berlin group. The offensive continued in the southern, north-western and western directions and the left-flank strike group of the front (69th and 33rd armies) with the aim of eliminating German troops in the Frankfurt-on-Oder region and isolating the Frankfurt-Guben group from Berlin. In addition, the second echelon of the front — the 3rd Army, and the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps — began to advance on the left flank.

On April 23, the left assault force developed an offensive in the south-western and southern directions. In 3 hour. April 23 launched the 3 Army and the 2 Guards Cavalry Corps. Entering the battle of the new army was a surprise to the Germans. Taking advantage of the confusion of the enemy, our forward detachments forced the Spree and captured the ferry. When the Germans came to their senses, they counterattacked in order to throw the advanced units of the Soviet army across the river, but were thrown back with heavy losses. As a result of the swift attack of the 3 Army and the 2 Guards Cavalry Corps, the possibility of the 9 Army breaking into Berlin from the forests south-east of it was eliminated.

The troops of the 69th Army, overcoming the fierce resistance of the enemy, advanced slightly. Only on the left flank, using the success of formations of the 3rd Army, troops of the 69th Army crossed the Spree in the area of ​​Furstenwalde. Part of the troops of the 69th Army, together with the 33rd Army, took part in the capture of Frankfurt an der Oder on that day. The 33rd Army, changing the direction of the attack, the two corps went on the offensive in a southwestern direction. The 22rd Bomber provided great assistance to the ground forces on April 23-3 aviation Corps of General A.Z. Karavatsky. Soviet aviation provided great support to the troops storming Frankfurt an der Oder and advancing in the direction of Beyeskov. Within these two days only, there were 343 sorties over these settlements, 260 tons of aerial bombs were dropped. The effective actions of Soviet aviation helped to take a powerful defense node of the enemy Frankfurt and develop an offensive on Beeskov.

Thus, 23 of April, the entourage of the German group was close to completion. The German troops for communication with Berlin remained one communication - the road Neue-Mühle-Bukkov. But this road was already under fire from our artillery. Berlin at that time was also covered from three sides, there were only three roads leading to the west, but they were under continuous observation of our aircraft.

The troops of the 8 Guards and 1 Guards Tank armies during the night and day of April 24 fought hard in the south-eastern part of Berlin. Our troops expanded the bridgeheads captured on the eve of the western bank of the Spree and Dahme and transported the main forces and heavy weapons to the western bank. In 10 hour. 30 min. in the area of ​​Bonsdorf, the troops of the 1 of the Byelorussian Front united with units of the 9 of the Mechanized Corps of the 3 of the Guards Tank Army of the 1 of the Ukrainian Front. As a result, the enemy's Frankfurt-Guben grouping (the main forces of the 9 Army and part of the forces of the 4 Army Tank Army) was finally cut off from Berlin.

Liquidation of the Frankfurt-Gubensky group

Construction of barricades across the street. The walls of the barricades formed wooden bars or rails, it was filled with stones and earth. Such structures were not overcome by tanks and could withstand shells up to 152-mm caliber

The left strike force 24 of April continued its offensive along the entire front. German troops stubbornly resisted, trying to avoid dismemberment, went into counterattacks. At the same time, the German command, hiding behind the rear-guard, redeployed troops from the most dangerous sectors in the western and south-western directions. The Germans planned to create a strike force in the Wendisch-Buchholz area and break through the encirclement in the direction of Berlin, as Hitler demanded from the 9 Army in order from April 22.

The troops of the 3 Army, advancing in the difficult conditions of the forest-lake area, crossed the Oder-Spree Canal along the whole front and advanced to 3-4 km. The troops of the 69 Army, reflecting strong enemy counterattacks, advanced 3-6 km. 33-I army resumed the offensive on the entire front and forced the Spree in the area Beeskova. In different directions, the troops of the 33 Army advanced from 8 to 20 km. Simultaneously, the 3-I Guards and 28-I armies of the 1-th Ukrainian Front covered the German grouping from the south and west, leading battles at the turn of Lyubenau, Lübben, Mittenwalde, Bruzendorf.

On April 25, the left-flank assault group continued fighting with the German 9 Army. The 3 Army, with the 2 Guards Corps, advancing south-west and south, in the 12 hour. united in the area of ​​Rotcis, Bruzendorf with the 152 th Infantry Division of the 28 th Army of the 1 Ukrainian Front. As a result, the inner ring of the encirclement around the enemy force was closed. By the end of the day, the army had advanced 4-10 km. The 3-th separate motorized special-purpose battalion, armed with amphibious vehicles, provided great assistance to the 273 Army. Under the conditions of a wooded swampy and lake district, amphibians were invaluable, transporting people and weapon.

The troops of the 69 Army did not have special advancement, having met with stubborn resistance of the enemy. The right flank of the 33 Army also barely advanced. The units of the 119 and 115 fortified areas that had launched an offensive advanced by the end of the day to 22 km.

Thus, on April 25, the maneuver of the troops of the 1 Belarusian and 1 Ukrainian Fronts around the entire Berlin group and dividing it into two parts - in the area of ​​Berlin and the forests south-east of the German capital, was completed. Berlin was surrounded by troops of the 47 Army, 3 and 5 Shock Armies, 8 Guards Army, 1, 2 Guards Tank Armies of the 1 Belorussian Front, part of the forces of the 28 Army, 3-th and the 4 of the Guards Tank Armies of the 1 of the Ukrainian Front. The Frankfurt-Gubens grouping was surrounded by troops of the 3, 69 and 33 armies of the 1 Belorussian Front, 3 Guards and the 28 Army part of the 1 Ukrainian Front. At the same time, the external front of the encirclement was created, which took place in the north along the Hohenzollern, Finov to Kremmen canals, south-west to Rathenov, south through Brandenburg, Wittenberg, then along the Elbe to Meissen. The removal of the external front from the blocked German groups 25 on April reached the Berlin region 20-30 km, and to the south-west and south of its 40-80 km.


Map source: Isaev A.V. Berlin 45

The situation around the "boiler" and the plans of the parties

Having completed the dismemberment and encirclement of the two parts of the strategic Berlin group, our troops immediately began their destruction. Our troops had to act in a difficult situation. The Zhukov armies simultaneously stormed Berlin, developed an offensive north and west of the capital of the Reich with the goal of reaching the Elbe, and were fighting to destroy the Frankfurt-Gubensky group. Konev's armies acted in a more difficult situation. Along with the liquidation of the forces of the Frankfurt-Guben group, part of the forces of the 1 of the Ukrainian Front participated in the storming of Berlin, it was also necessary to conduct an offensive to the west, repelling counterstrikes of the 12-th army, which was torn to join the 9-th army. In addition, in the Dresden sector, it was necessary to repel the heavy blows of the enemy's Goerlitz grouping.

25 On April, Zhukov ordered the troops of the 3 Army, 2 Guards Corps, 69 and 33 to continue the offensive, dismember and destroy the enemy grouping in conjunction with the forces of the 1 Ukrainian Front. The ground forces were assisted by the main forces of the 2 Air Force and part of the forces of the 16 Air Force.

In Western historiography, the battles of the Germans are usually associated with the name of the village of Halbe (Halbian Cauldron), which became the site of fierce battles of the remnants of the encircled grouping when breaking out of the “cauldron” to the west. Troops of the 9 and 4 tank armies got into the Halbah "boiler": the 11 tank corps of the SS, 5 of the mountain rifle corps of the SS, 5 of the army corps. Total 14 divisions, including 2 motorized and 1 tank divisions, as well as 4 separate brigades, 15 various regiments, tank and artillery regiments, 71 separate battalion, tank battalion, 5 individual artillery divisions. The number of groups reached 200 thousand soldiers and officers, about 2 thousand guns and mortars, about 300 tanks and self-propelled guns.


Broken in the Halbah "boiler" artillery harness

Impromptu German ZSU seized in the Halbian "cauldron" on the chassis of the Pz.I tank

The Soviet troops, who blocked the German grouping, numbered about 277 thousand people, 7,4 thousand guns and mortars, 280 tanks and self-propelled artillery installations. As a result, our troops had the advantage in manpower in 1,4 times, in artillery - in 3,7 times, in armored vehicles there was an approximate equality.

On April 25, Hitler’s headquarters ordered Theodor Busse, commander of the 9 army, to break through the encirclement and join forces with the 9 army. The actions of the 9 Army were considered decisive for the liberation of Berlin. The troops covering the flanks of the rear of the attacking group were instructed to "defend themselves in their positions until the last bullet." The 12 Army of Walter Wenck, re-formed in Germany in April 1945 and holding up defenses on the Western Front, was ordered to turn against the Soviet forces, abandoning their positions in the west. The top military leaders of the Reich - Keitel and Jodl, who left Berlin, personally led the counter-strike of the 12 Army.

12-I army struck from the region of Beltsig in the direction of Beelitz (Beelitz) to cut off the 4-th Guards Tank Army, advancing on Brandenburg, from its rear and continue the attack on the east to join the 9-th army. The 9 army was supposed to hold the front in the east and south, and the attack force would break through to the west towards the 12 army. After the unification, the main forces of the 9 and 12 armies were to turn north, destroying the Soviet rears and troops in the southern part of Berlin, and uniting with the Berlin garrison.

The command of the 9 Army decided to leave the troops of the 5 th SS and 11 SS Panzer Corps to cover the withdrawal of the strike force from the north and south-east; The 5 Army Corps, leaving the front in the southeastern part of the "boiler" was to advance in the direction of Halbe - Baruth. At the forefront of the combat strike group were the 21-I tank division, the motorized Kurmark division and the 712-I infantry division. To ensure a breakthrough, it was decided to use almost all the ammunition, except for the amount needed for the conduct of hostilities during the offensive. Fuel was removed from all faulty and abandoned vehicles. All those who could fight, including staff officers, joined together in battle groups.

Understanding that the enemy would make desperate attempts to break through to the north-west and west, the Soviet command strengthened the defense in the direction of Wendisch-Buchholz-Lukenwalde. Konev advanced the 3-th Guards Rifle Corps of General A. P. Aleksandrov from the 28-th Army to Barut. By the end of April 25, the 96-I, 50-I and 54-I guards rifle divisions took up positions in the Golsen-Baruth area. As a result, a second line of defense was formed in the rear of the 3 Guards Army.

The commander of the 13 Army withdrawn the 24-Rifle Corps of General D.P. Onuprienko from combat formations. The 395-division of this corps occupied the Golsen-Baruth line by the morning of 26 on April, having organized a defense to the east; 117-I Guards Rifle Division organized all-round defense Lukenwalde, sending protection to Kummersdorf; The 280 Division remained in reserve in the Uterbog area. As a result, the 24 Corps could act against both the Frankfurt-Guben group and the German troops, which would advance from the west.

In addition, Konev ordered the commander of 3 Guards Army Gordov was ready to break through the enemy to the west. The army had to have one rifle division in reserve; the 25 tank corps was allocated to the mobile reserve; control all forest roads; equip strongholds on the Cottbus - Berlin motorway; strengthen the direction of artillery; on the site of Thornov, Neuendorf, create strong anti-tank strongholds, transfer two anti-tank artillery regiments here and carry out a number of other measures. As a result, defense in depth was created in the direction of a possible enemy strike.


Tank T-34-85 in Berlin

The destruction of the German group

26 April. 26 April, Soviet troops continued the offensive. In the northern, eastern, and southeastern directions, the Germans, using the convenient for defense nature of the terrain (lakes, bolts and forests), fought hard. On the paths of movement of the Soviet troops created blockages, barricades, mined routes of communication. The rearguards fought fiercely so that the shock group of the 9 Army could break through the ring of blockade.

On the night of April 26, the Germans completed a regrouping of forces and created a strike force in the Wendisch-Buchholz and Halbe area, which included the remnants of the 21 Panzer Division, two motorized divisions and two infantry divisions. The Germans were able to create at the breakthrough site some superiority in manpower and equipment. Our aerial reconnaissance discovered a cluster of enemy troops, and the 4-th bomber air corps struck the enemy hard.

On the morning of April 26, German troops struck at the junction of the 28 and 3 of the Guards armies. German troops attacked in columns, having tanks 50 at the forefront, stubbornly ramming our battle formations and disregarding losses. The stubborn fights began, it came to melee. K 10 hour. The Germans were able to break through the junction between the 329 and 58 rifle divisions and reach the outskirts of Baruth, intercepting the Barut-Zossen road, the main communication of the 3 Guards Tank and 28 armies.

German troops could not take Barut, who was defending the troops of the 395 Infantry Division, Colonel A. N. Korusevich. Our aircraft dealt heavy blows at the enemy. After 12 an hour. 4-th bombing corps again attacked the enemy. From the south, German troops were breaking through and attacked parts of the 50 and 96 of the Guards Rifle Divisions. The enemy grouping that had broken through was thrown back into the forest northeast of Barut, where it was again blocked. During the destruction of this group captured about 5 thousand people.

On the same day, the 25 tank corps attacked the enemy, along with the 389 division of the 3 guards army. The breach in the front of the 3 Guards Army in the Halbe region was closed, the German forces that had broken through were isolated from the main forces of the 9 Army. Soviet aviation played a major role in the operation: all day long the 1-th and 2-th Guards ground-attack air corps attacked the enemy, acting in groups of 8-10 machines. Soviet ground attack aircraft made 488 sorties, attacking German forces. Many German soldiers, unable to withstand air attacks, ran through the forests.

The troops of the 1 of the Byelorussian Front advanced on 10-15 km that day. The encirclement around the German group was significantly reduced, the Germans occupied an area around 900 square. km

Wenk's 12 Army launched an offensive in the Beelitz sector, Treuenbritzen another 24 of April. However, all the strikes of the German troops were repelled by the forces of the 13 Army and the 5 Guards Mechanized Corps. By 26, the activity of the 12 army declined and it could no longer break through to meet the 9 army. Our troops reached Wittenberg, forced the Elbe and took Pratau.

By the end of April 27, in the direction of Wendisch-Buchholz, Barut, Lukenwalde, the troops of the 1 of the Ukrainian Front took up defensive positions on three fronts facing east. The total depth of the three defense lines reached 15-20 km. We also prepared cut-off positions with the front south and north. For defense prepared and occupied reserves Zossen, Lukenvalde and Uterbog.


On the side of the road there was a lot of equipment

27 April. The German command was still hoping for a breakthrough. 27 April Keitel and Yodel again demanded from the 9 and 12 armies resolute efforts to save Berlin. They had to join forces and resolutely advance to the north. 27 April, the commander of the 9 army decided to rush in the direction of Halbe, Kummersdorf. During April 27, fierce fighting continued. The Germans tried hard to break through, and two Soviet fronts squeezed the encirclement. Surrounded by German troops in the Barut area, they continued to rush to the west, attacking in groups of up to 1 thousands of soldiers with the support of 10-12 tanks and 10-20 BTR. Melee fights often occurred. Soviet soldiers showed massive heroism.

So for four hours the crew of the heavy tank JS-2 87 of the Guards Heavy Tank Regiment, which was cut off from its unit, fought a hard battle with the Germans in the area of ​​Freydorf, closing the road to Barut. The driver Gritsenko skillfully maneuvered the machine, not allowing the enemy to approach her. The Germans brought two 150-mm guns to direct fire and shot down a tank. The Nazis bypassed the cars and, having climbed on the EC-2, offered the Soviet tankmen to surrender. Guardsmen continued resistance. Faustnik set fire to the tank. However, in these conditions, the heroes continued to fire until they died. In a heroic duel with the enemy, the Guards crew disabled 2 BTR, destroyed two guns with calculations, 7 machine guns, 15 faustnik and up to 70 machine gunners. Later it turned out that the commander of the tank tower of the guard foreman Mikhail Kadochkin, who was trying to point the way to the tank outside, was seriously wounded, but survived. For the courage and heroism shown, the commander of the tank guard, Lieutenant Mohammed Ataev, the commander of the tank tower of the guard, foreman Mikhail Kadochkin, and the senior driver mechanic, lieutenant Peter Gritsenko, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

In the area of ​​the 54 Guards Division, several thousand German soldiers were able to break into the division’s battle formation, captured Tseig, and surrounded a part of the Soviet forces. However, the Soviet soldiers, despite heavy losses, stopped the enemy, and then, with the support of the 68, a separate Guards Tank Brigade cleared the Baruth-Wünsdorf highway from the Nazis. The joint attacks of the 96, 50 and 54 Guards rifle divisions and 395 th rifle division led to the fact that the German group was almost completely destroyed. The remains of German soldiers scattered through the forests, more than 6 thousand people were captured, captured a large number of trophies, including more than 1,1 thousand cars. Attempts by the German troops to break through in the area of ​​Halbe were not successful.

Meanwhile, the 3, 69, and 33 armies continued their advance, advancing in different directions to 6-10 km. 3-th Guards Army launched an offensive, took Lübben, tied the battle for Wendisch-Buchholz and established contact with the 33-th army. At the same time, the troops of the 1 of the Ukrainian Front continued to successfully contain the onslaught of the 12 Army. On the same day, the 121-I Guards Rifle Division triumphantly concluded the 5-day battle for Wittenberg. The enemy garrison was pressed against the Elbe and defeated.


Il-2 attack aircraft over the German city

28 April. On the morning of April 28, Theodore Busse reported to the Army headquarters so that the attempt to break through failed. The avant-garde tank unit partially broke through to the west, was partially destroyed. The rest of the troops suffered heavy losses and were thrown back. The physical and moral condition of the troops was unsatisfactory; there was not enough ammunition and fuel either for the normal organization of a new breakthrough or for the continuation of defense in the “boiler”. Commanders only due to the most severe punishments managed to maintain order and discipline. However, despite the critical situation of the troops, the command of the 9 Army decided in the morning of April 28 to continue its attempts at a breakthrough.

In the Halbe area, the Germans attacked with forces up to one infantry division with 18-20 tanks. During the day, our troops fought off 12 enemy attacks and captured about 3 thousand people. In other directions, the Soviet armies continued the offensive and advanced to 6 km. As a result of April 28, despite the desperate efforts, the Germans could not get through. On the external front of the environment, all German attacks also repelled. The territory of the "boiler" was reduced to 10 kilometers from sevre to the south and to 14 kilometers from east to west. By the end of the day, the position of the German group became disastrous.



29 April. The German command, fearing that 29 of April will be all over, decided at night to make the last decisive attempt at a breakthrough, leaving all that is in the battle. At the same time, the 12 Army was to go on the offensive. The Germans hoped that as a result of the coupled attacks, the troops of the two armies would unite in the area of ​​Lukenwalde.

German offensive began at 1 hour. 29 night of April. The Germans collected all the remaining ammunition and inflicted a strong fire attack on the Soviet troops. Under cover of artillery fire up to 10, thousands of German soldiers supported by 30-40 tanks launched an attack on the Halbe-Teyrov area. The Germans were torn to the west, regardless of the losses. By dawn, at the cost of huge losses, German troops broke through the front of the 21 and 40 rifle corps. The Germans took Halbe and cut the highway near Tornova.

In the morning, the German offensive was halted on the second line of defense by the 3 Guards Rifle Corps. The Germans pulled the artillery and, bringing the number of the erupting grouping up to 45 thousand, broke through the second line of defense in the area of ​​Myukkendorf, creating a breach in 2 km. Despite the strong artillery and mortar fire of the Soviet troops, German troops began to break into the woods in the Kummersdorf area. Attempts by the Soviet troops to close the gap met with violent counterattacks.

By the end of the day, the enemy’s advance to the west was stopped at the Kummersdorf-Shperenberg line. The Germans were stopped by joint efforts of the 71 of the Mehbrigade, the 68 of the separate Guards Tank Brigade and part of the forces of the 117 of the Guards Division. Logistics units and subunits of the 28, 13 and 3 Guards Tank armies also took part in the battles. The commander of the 28 Army sent for the liquidation of the German grouping of the 130 Infantry Division, which they had previously wanted to transfer to Berlin. She struck the flank of the German strike force from the north. On the same day, the attacking troops of the 1 of the Belorussian Front almost completely destroyed the enemy’s barriers, which covered the main forces' breakthrough. Our troops reached Hammer, Halbe and Wendish-Buchholz.

On April 29, our troops repelled several strong attacks by the 12 Army, which was attacked by three infantry divisions supported by tanks. Aviation played a major role in repelling the enemy offensive. The 2 Air Force ground attack aircraft operated almost continuously. The Germans suffered heavy losses.

Thus, by the end of April 29, a significant part of the German grouping was able to break through in the Halbe region and move west to 24 km. However, due to the strong flank attacks of the Soviet troops, the German troops stretched out in a narrow, approximately 6-kilometer corridor, which in two places was already no larger than 2 kilometers. Now the Frankfurt-Guben group was in three "boilers": in the area of ​​Halbe, in the forest north of Dornswalde (main forces) and in the forest east of Kummersdorf. The breakthrough of the German troops worsened the position of the 3, 4 of the Guards Tank and 28 armies, as their rear communications were cut off. The distance between the advanced groups of the Frankfurt-Guben group and the 12 Army was about 30 km.

To prevent further advancement of the enemy and finally crush the enemy, the Soviet command undertook a number of measures. The command of the 13 Army withdrawn from the line of Golsen, the Barut 395 Division, which was deployed at Myukkendorf to strike at Shperenberg. The 117 Division, concentrated by the main forces in Lukenwald, was to advance on Kummersdorf. So that the Germans did not break through to the Beelitz area, the command of the 4-th Guards Tank Army sent the 63-th Guards Tank Brigade and the 7-th motorcycle regiment to the Trebbin area. The commander of the 28 Army threw two regiments of the 61 Division into Berlin from Germany by reinforcing the 71 Mechanism Brigade.


SAU "Hetzer"

Padded SAU "Sturmgeshütz"

30 April. The German command decided, regardless of the losses, to continue the breakthrough to the west. German soldiers, driven to despair, attacked, not counting those killed, trying to break to the west at any cost. The terrain was wooded, full of reservoirs, which made it possible for small groups to find gaps in the Soviet defense. The Germans were given the opportunity to engage in close combat, avoiding the effects of aircraft and artillery. The 12 Army also attacked with large forces all day in the Beelitz area. However, the troops of the 5 Guards Mechanized Corps of General I.P. Yermakov repulsed all enemy attacks.

The 63-I Guards Tank Brigade, the 61-division with the 71-th mechanized brigade fought off the Germans' attempts to break through to the north-west. However, at the cost of heavy casualties, the Germans were able to advance westward another 10 kilometers, reaching the Voltersdorf area. As a result, the length of the German group reached 30 km. The German rearguard in the Wendisch-Buchholz area was completely destroyed by the troops of the 1 of the Byelorussian Front. A group of German troops surrounded east of Kummersdorf was also almost completely defeated. The remnants of the German grouping were divided into groups that had lost contact with each other. Separate groups continued to rush to the west, others surrendered en masse. Only the troops of 1 of the Ukrainian Front captured 24 thousand people.

1-2 May. On May 1, our troops continued to liquidate the German group. The Germans surrendered in large masses and whole parts. But individual groups continued their attempts to break through to the west. At night, 20-th. The German group broke through at the junction of the 117 Division and the 63 Guards Tank Brigade to Beelitz. There they were met by the troops of the 5 Guards Mechanized Corps. From the troops of the 12 Army, the remnants of the 9 Army were separated by the entire 3-4 kilometer.

Command 4-th Guards Tank Army was thrown against a blow by the enemy troops 68-th separate Guards Tank Brigade, 61-th Guards Tank Brigade 10-th Guards Tank Corps, 12-Guards mechanized brigade 5-th Guards Mechanized Corps, 71-th light artillery brigade and other parts. There were fierce battles. The Soviet Guard was supported by aviation - the 1-th Guards Ground Attack Air Corps. With the joint efforts of the tankers and attack aircraft, the German grouping was almost completely destroyed. Piles of dead German soldiers, horses and broken machinery literally littered roads, forest paths and glades. About 5 thousand Germans were killed, 13 thousand were captured.

In the area of ​​Lukenwalde, our troops defeated another 5-thousand. German group. Only prisoners took about 4500 people. Other groups of German troops were destroyed by units of the 3 th Guards and 28 th armies. Up until May 2, forests cleared of small enemy units. Only an insignificant part of small German groups managed to infiltrate through the forests and go west, then they surrendered to the Allies. Thus ended the operation to destroy the Frankfurt-Guben enemy grouping.


T-34-85 tanks and SU-100 tank destroyers in a forest near Berlin

Results

It was a complete victory for the Red Army. In just six days, the powerful German grouping was destroyed by the troops of the 1 of the Byelorussian and 1 of the Ukrainian Fronts. The troops of the 9 army and units of the 4 tank army could not break through to Berlin, strengthening its defenses, or unite with the WNX 12 army, coming out to the Elbe. German troops lost about 80 thousand people killed and prisoners - 120 thousand people. Among the prisoners were 7 generals. Only small detachments were able to escape from the "boiler". Soviet troops captured large trophies, including 17600 vehicles.



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  1. +5
    1 May 2015 07: 14
    I remember when I first read about this boiler at Isaev, I felt an indescribable feeling of satisfaction ...
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      2 May 2015 01: 59
      And I just read it here, it's not for nothing that the people say: "Live and learn." soldier
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  3. +5
    1 May 2015 08: 44
    Wonderful article, there would be more of these. And not only for the Victory Day. Below the photo, so under the mood wink
  4. +4
    1 May 2015 12: 18
    Thanks for the consistent presentation of those events! Straight chronology is saved! Like 70 years ago)
  5. +1
    1 May 2015 18: 59
    Liquidation of the Frankfurt-Gubensky group


    I was surprised by the fact that Hitler believed that this is the 9-I army of Busse and the 12-I Wreath surround belay Soviet troops from the south and west .... belay
  6. +2
    1 May 2015 21: 51
    Thanks to the author for the series of articles of the final period of the war. For those interested in a good help. hi

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