The Fall of Hitler's Fortress City The Battle for Konigsberg 1945 |
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| Author:
| Denny, Isabel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85367-705-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Publisher: | Greenhill Book
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1945, two and a half million people were forced out of Germany’s most easterly province, East Prussia, and in particular its capital, Königsberg. Their flight was a direct result of Hitler’s ill-fated decision to invade the Soviet Union in 1941. The horrors of Leningrad and Stalingrad were to be avenged by an army determined not only to invade Germany but to take over its eastern-frontier territories.
In 1945, two and a half million people were forced out of Germany’s most easterly province, East Prussia, and in particular its capital, Königsberg. Their flight was a direct result of Hitler’s ill-fated decision to invade the Soviet Union in 1941. The horrors of Leningrad and Stalingrad were to be avenged by an army determined not only to invade Germany but to take over its eastern-frontier territories.