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Battle of Seelow Heights and the Fall of Berlin, March-May 1945
Some reading material for those of you that may have a little extra time.
http://www.eur.army.mil/history/SeelowHeights/BattlebookSeelowHeights.pdf#page=39&zoom=auto,-150,706
A quote from... Colonel General Heinrici’s Report for Seelow Heights.
According to Heinrici, Guderian's exact words were as follows...
"The way the war is being run is unbelievable. The Ardennes offensive was a complete error. I repeatedly begged Hitler on my knees to get our troops out of the Ardennes and put them on the East Front because I knew the Russians would attack any day. And because our Panzer troops were tied down in the West the whole Polish front collapsed.
When finally we got them back from the West, they were sent to Plattensee in Hungary and there launched a perfectly useless attack with no reason or purpose.
In Kurland there are 18 divisions defending for nothing. They are needed here! It is impossible to work. Twice a day I have to drive from here to Hitler's bunker, it’s impossible. Then you get held up for hours there. They spend hours discussing nothing. I can't get any work done anymore. I'm either on the road or listening to drivel in the bunker.
Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin.
https://erenow.com/ww/lastbattlebattleforberlin/
Quote... Now as he approached the outskirts of Zossen, Heinrici could not help remembering that at his departure his staff had looked at him “as though I was a lamb being led to the slaughter.”
Quote... On the phone to his old colleague in Silesia, Heinrici said, “Himmler was only too happy to leave. He couldn’t get out of here fast enough. He didn’t want to be in charge when the collapse comes. No. He wanted just a simple general for that—and I’m the goat.”
Some reading material for those of you that may have a little extra time.
http://www.eur.army.mil/history/SeelowHeights/BattlebookSeelowHeights.pdf#page=39&zoom=auto,-150,706
A quote from... Colonel General Heinrici’s Report for Seelow Heights.
According to Heinrici, Guderian's exact words were as follows...
"The way the war is being run is unbelievable. The Ardennes offensive was a complete error. I repeatedly begged Hitler on my knees to get our troops out of the Ardennes and put them on the East Front because I knew the Russians would attack any day. And because our Panzer troops were tied down in the West the whole Polish front collapsed.
When finally we got them back from the West, they were sent to Plattensee in Hungary and there launched a perfectly useless attack with no reason or purpose.
In Kurland there are 18 divisions defending for nothing. They are needed here! It is impossible to work. Twice a day I have to drive from here to Hitler's bunker, it’s impossible. Then you get held up for hours there. They spend hours discussing nothing. I can't get any work done anymore. I'm either on the road or listening to drivel in the bunker.
Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin.
https://erenow.com/ww/lastbattlebattleforberlin/
Quote... Now as he approached the outskirts of Zossen, Heinrici could not help remembering that at his departure his staff had looked at him “as though I was a lamb being led to the slaughter.”
Quote... On the phone to his old colleague in Silesia, Heinrici said, “Himmler was only too happy to leave. He couldn’t get out of here fast enough. He didn’t want to be in charge when the collapse comes. No. He wanted just a simple general for that—and I’m the goat.”
