Initially intended for the relief of Heeresgruppe Model, which was trapped in the Ruhr area, the 12th Army was personally ordered by Hitler to relieve Berlin, the Reich Chancellery and thus the person of the "Führer".
Group
Books (second-hand)
State
Second Hand
Author
Gellermann, Günther W.
Title
Die Armee Wenck - Hitlers letzte Hoffnung. Aufstellung, Einsatz und Ende der 12. deutschen Armee im Frühjahr 1945
Details
2nd, revised and enlarged edition. Paperback, with 49 bw-photos on plates, 18 documents, 5 bw-maps. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe Verlag 1990. 215 pp.