Название: Race for the Reichstag: The 1945 Battle for Berlin
Автор: Tony Le Tissier
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848842309
Год: 2010
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 288
Для сайта: LitMy
Размер: 2,9 МБ
Язык: Английский
Tony Le Tissier’s classic account of the battle for Berlin dispels the myths created by Soviet propaganda and describes in graphic detail the Red Army’s final offensive against Nazi Germany–the race for the Reichstag.
Among the soldiers of the Red Army, Berlin - and the Reichstag in particular - was seen as the victor's prize. Stalin had promised Berlin to Marshal Zhukov, but the latter's blundering in the preliminary battle forced a dramatic change of plan. Stalin chastened his subordinates, then allowed Marshal Koniev, Zhukov's rival, to launch one of his powerful tank armies at the city. The advancing Soviet forces were confronted by a desperate, inadequate German defense.