Soviet Bridgeheads over the Oder

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Soviet Bridgeheads over the Oder

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Post by The Norwegian Guy » 08 Jan 2020, 16:42

Hello, i am looking for some info on Soviet bridgeheads over the Oder prior to Operation Berlin, hope someone could help me! :thumbsup:

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Post by Art » 08 Jan 2020, 22:16

What is the question exactly? You can address some Le Tissier's books:
https://www.amazon.com/Zhukov-Oder-Deci ... 0811736091


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Post by I have questions » 09 Jan 2020, 03:02

Another I can recommend is "the siege of Kustrin" which is also by Tissier. Really any of Tissier's books are good, seeing as he wrote almost exclusively about Berlin and the lead up to the battle.

Also:
http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/pages/301344/map
http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/n ... rmiy-visla
http://www.diedeutschewehrmacht.de/
http://www.diedeutschewehrmacht.de/
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... derung.htm

Some of this is quite specific, but the top two are the best. The latter three contain information on OOBs rather than information on how the battle for the bridgeheads progressed.

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Post by The Norwegian Guy » 10 Jan 2020, 01:47

Art wrote:
08 Jan 2020, 22:16
What is the question exactly? You can address some Le Tissier's books:
https://www.amazon.com/Zhukov-Oder-Deci ... 0811736091
I guess maybe pictures or books rather on the matter. Even just images would help. I believe that the 1st Belorussian Front was by the Küstrin Bridgehead, but i don't know where 4th Ukrainian nor 3rd Belorussian Fronts were.

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Post by I have questions » 10 Jan 2020, 04:24

The Norwegian Guy wrote:
10 Jan 2020, 01:47
i don't know where 4th Ukrainian nor 3rd Belorussian Fronts were.
Not trying to sound rude, but couldn't you look at a big strategic map and figure that out? Those are pretty big formations to miss, plus 4th Ukrainian Front was pretty far south compared to the battlefield around Berlin, so how relevant are they? :?
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Post by dgfred » 10 Jan 2020, 17:10

thanks for those maps Art.

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Post by Art » 10 Jan 2020, 23:28

There are also various relevant schemes from "Collection of military history materials" (1952):
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/ ... BF_Germany
and you can find Soviet archival situation maps online, come to that.

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