Hitler's Final Fortress: Breslau 1945

by Richard Hargreaves

Overview

In early 1945, the Red Army plunged into the Third Reich from the east, rolling up territory and crushing virtually everything in its path, with one exception: the city of Breslau, which Hitler had declared a fortress-city, to be defended to the death. This book examines in detail the notorious four-month siege of Breslau.• The first full-length English-language account of the bloody siege• Chronicles the bitter struggle as the Red Army encircled Breslau and eventually pillaged the city, taking savage retribution on the survivors• Details the brutal methods used by the city's Nazi leaders to keep German troops fighting and maintain order

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811715515
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	04/01/2015
Series:	Stackpole Military History Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Richard Hargreaves is also the author of The Germans in Normandy (978-0-8117-3513-1) and Blitzkrieg Unleashed (978-0-8117-0724-4). He lives near Portsmouth, England.

Table of Contents

Introduction vi

Acknowledgments viii

Abbreviations ix

Maps x

Prologue The Square 1

Chapter 1 The Happy Fusion 9

Chapter 2 The Bridgehead 35

Chapter 3 God Has Washed His Hands of This World 54

Chapter 4 The Reckoning Has Begun 86

Chapter 5 In Defiance of Death and the Devil 110

Chapter 6 The Breslau Method 137

Chapter 7 The Old Breslau is No More 168

Chapter 8 Any Further Sacrifice is a Crime 196

Chapter 9 The Land of the Dead 221

Chapter 10 Quiet Flows the Oder 246

Appendix 257

Bibliography 258

Index 263

Editorial Reviews

"a brutally honest and personal look at World War II urban combat..."

NY Journal of Books - Stuart McClung