Slaughter at Halbe - The Destruction of Hitler's 9th Army

241 Pages·2007·1.25 MB·English

by  Tony Le Tissier

Slaughter
at Halbe
Slaughter
at Halbe
T D
HE ESTRUCTION OF
H 9 A
ITLER’S TH RMY

Tony Le Tissier
First published in 2005 by Sutton Publishing Limited

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Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Preparing for ‘Operation Berlin’

2 Breaching the Oder–Neisse Defences

3 9th Army Encircled – 21 April 1945

4 Destroy the 9th Army – 22 April 1945

5 12th Army to the Rescue – 23 April 1945

6 The Soviets Close In – 24 April 1945

7 No Luck for von Luck – 25 April 1945

8 Preparing the Break-Out – 26 April 1945

9 The Pocket Shrinks – 27 April 1945

10 The Eye of the Needle – 28 April 1945

11 Breaching Koniev’s Lines – 29 April 1945

12 12th Army Waits – 30 April 1945
13 The Last Leg – 1 May 1945

14 Retreat to the Elbe

15 Aftermath

Appendices

A Soviet Forces Engaged Against the HalbePocket

B Order of Battle: German 9th Army

C Order of Battle: German 12th Army

Bibliography
Abbreviations

A Army
Arty Artillery
B/Bde Brigade
BF/Bye Fr Byelorussian Front
C Corps
D Division
Elms Elements
FWL Forest Warden’s Lodge
G/Gds Guards
GCC Guards Cavalry Corps
Gp Group
Gr Grenadier
Grn Garrison
How Howitzer
HQ Headquarters
Hy Heavy
ID Infantry Division
Lt Light
M/Mech Mechanized
Mor Mortar
Mtn Mountain
Pol Police
Pz Panzer
SA Shock Army
R Rifle
Regt Regiment
UF/Ukr Front U krainian Front
V Volunteer