Gotterdammerung
Subtitle: The last days of the Wehrmacht in the East
Series: Eastern Front from Primary Sources; Eastern Front from primary sources
Published: 2013
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781473845251; 9781781591369
Subjects: Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945; Sources; HISTORY; Western
Description: This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht in the final battles of the war. The material is drawn from a variety of wartime sources and encompasses fascinating writings concerning the tactical, operational and strategic aspects of the battle for Berlin. Compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers, this absorbing assembly of primary source intelligence reports encompasses rare material originally drawn from both German and Russian original sources to provide the reader with a unique insight into the las.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; the german defense of berlin; 1. introduction; 2. the various viewpoints; 3. organizational planning; 4. the defense positions; 5. planning for the defense forces; 6. supply; 7. measures on behalf of thecivilian population; 8. concluding observations; appendix: a short account of combatoperations; what the germans learned at warsaw; the german volkssturm; the panzerhandmine 3; concrete stick hand grenade; german position warfare revertsto trench lines in the east; soviet tanks in city fighting; more from the same series.