Intro -- Front Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Publisher's Note -- Foreword -- PART A: 1944 -- Chapter:I Soviet Offensive Operations against Heeresgruppe Nordukraine Summer 1944 -- Chapter:II Soviet Offensive in the Beskides -- Chapter:III Uprising in Slovakia -- Chapter:IV Schwerpunkt Shifts from the Beskides to the Carpathians -- Chapter:V Positional Fighting at the End of 1944 and Soviet Preparations for the 1945 Offensive -- Part B: The Great Soviet Winter Offensive -- Chapter:VI Prelude -- Chapter:VII Start of the Soviet Offensive -- Chapter:VIII Hasty Measures of Defence -- Part C: The Advance into Silesia -- Chapter:IX Advance into Lower Silesia -- Chapter: X Battle of the Upper Silesian Industrial District -- Chapter: XI New Battle for the M�ahrisch-Ostrau Industrial district -- Chapter: XII Fighting on the Lausitzer-Nei�e -- Chapter: XIII Overview of the Situation -- Part D: Final Battles -- Chapter: XIV Fighting for the Moravian Gate -- Chapter: XV Last Days of Fortress Breslau -- Chapter: XVI The End in Sile -- Chapter: XVII Final Battles in Saxony -- Chapter: XVIII Conclusion -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Orders of Battle -- Afterthoughts -- Endnotes -- Helion &amp -- Company.

This is a penetrating and detailed account of the climactic battles of the German forces in Slovakia, the Carpathians, parts of Poland, Silesia and Saxony, from autumn 1944 until the end of the war. The author provides excellent detail on the movements and actions of numerous German units, and the text covers all major actions including the battle for the Vistula bridgeheads, the epic siege of Breslau, and the final desperate actions around Bautzen and Dresden. Appendices include comprehensive orders-of-battle. A large number of detailed battle maps are also included. Key sales points: Continues Helion's translation of key German texts on the last phase of the war on the Eastern Front. Presents information previously unavailable in English. A detailed text is accompanied by photos and maps along with extensive orders-of-battle.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.