Jumat, 09 Februari 2018

Military History Book Review: The Siege of Küstrin, 1945

The Siege of Küstrin, 1945: Gateway to Berlin by Tony Le Tissier, Pen and Sword Books, Barnsley, England, 2009, $28.88  On Jan. 12, 1945, the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev, followed on the 13th by Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky’s 2nd Belarusian Front and on 14th by Marshal Georgy Zhukov’s 1st Belarusian Front, embarked on …

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