Using previously unpublished official and personal war diaries, the author meticulously describes the planning and execution of the defence of the German front along the Oder River in the spring of 1945 by Heeresgruppe Weichsel. The operations of the German 3rd Panzer Army as well as the 9th, 12th and 21st Armies are described in detail and also visually depicted with the aid of 60 contemporary situation maps.
A study of operations on the Eastern Front in the final phase of World War 2, remarkable in its accuracy.
Group
Books
State
Second Hand
Author
Hamilton, A. S.
Title
The Oder Front 1945. Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici, Heeresgruppe Weichsel and Germany's Final Defense in the East, 20 March-3 May
Details
English text, numerous bw photos, prints of documents, colour maps, large format. Solihull: Helion & Company Ltd. 2011. 334 pp.
