Mainly based on eyewitness accounts, the author describes the battle for East Prussia and especially the fierce but ultimately futile defence of the fortress city of Königsberg by German troops against the inexorably advancing Red Army in early 1945. It records not only the course of military operations on both sides, but also the suffering of the civilians who tried to flee across the Baltic Sea from the vengeance of the Soviet soldiers.
Group
Books (second-hand)
State
Second Hand
Author
Denny, I.
Title
The Fall of Hitler's Fortress City. The Battle of Königsberg, 1945
Details
English text, 16 plates with b/w photos. London: Greenhill Books 2007. 256 pp.
