The fall of Hitler's fortress city
Subtitle: the battle of Konigsberg, 1945
By: Isabel Denny
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Havertown, Penn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781612000589; 9781935149200
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; History; HISTORY; Germany
Description: Heroism and tragedy in the East, in the face of the Red Army's onslaught . . .In 1945, in the face of the advancing Red Army, two and a half million people were forced out of Germany's most easterly province, East Prussia, and in particular its capital, Königsberg. Their flight was a direct result of Hitler's ill-fated decision to invade the Soviet Union in 1941. Now that the Germans were in retreat, the horrors of Leningrad and Stalingrad were to be avenged by an army determined not only to invade Germany but to take over its eastern territories. The Russians launched Operation Bagration in Ju.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-252) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover Page; title: Dedication; title: Title Page; title: Copyright Page; title: Contents; title: Illustrations; title: Maps; title: A Königsberg Chronology; title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Chapter One a Land of Quiet Austerity; title: Chapter Two The Shameful Peace; title: Chapter Three Voting for the Nazis; title: Chapter Four A Fresh Beginning; title: Chapter Five The Jews of Königsberg; title: Chapter Six The War; title: Chapter Seven As You Sow ...; title: Chapter Eight Under-Estimating the Colossus; title: Chapter Nine The Time for Repayment; title: Chapter Ten 'A Vast Flood of Human Misery'; title: Chapter Eleven Fortress königsberg; title: Notes; title: Appendix Place Names