Race for the Reichstag
Subtitle: the 1945 Battle for Berlin
By: Tony Le Tissier.
Series: Cass series on Soviet (Russian) military experience,; 5
Publisher: F. Cass
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945.
Description: "The soldiers of the Red Army identified the Reichstag as the German equivalent of the Kremlin, and this became the victor's prize to be taken in Berlin." "Meanwhile, the Germans improvised a defence with inadequate resources." "Tony Le Tissier's detailed account of the battle for Berlin lays the many myths created by Soviet propaganda after the event."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-248) and index.