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Author Denny, Isabel.

Title The fall of Hitler's fortress city : the battle for Königsberg, 1945 / Isabel Denny.

Imprint London : Greenhill Books ; St. Paul, MN : MBI Pub., 2007.

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 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  940.5421724 D428f 2007    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-248, 250-252) and index.
Contents A Konigsberg Chronology - Chapter 1. A Land of Quiet Austerity -- Chapter 2. The Shameful Peace -- Chapter 3. Voting for the Nazis -- Chapter 4. A Fresh Beginning -- Chapter 5. The Jews of Konigsberg -- Chapter 6. The War -- Chapter 7. As You Sow ... -- Chapter 8. Under-Estimating the Colossus -- Chapter 9. The Time for Repayment -- Chapter 10. 'A Vast Flood of Human Misery' -- Chapter 11. Fortress Konigsberg -- Appendix. Place Names.
Summary In 1944 the German Army was on the defensive. The Russian Army was determined to take revenge on Germany and to capture its eastern-frontier territories for reparations. Tells the story of a city that bore the brunt of Russia's vengeance against the Nazi regime at the end of World War II. After weeks of heavy shelling and the deaths of 60,000 Russian and 50,000 German soldiers, the city finally surrendered on the 9th of April, 1945, leaving the city's surviving civilians to risk crossing the frozen Baltic Sea or face the rampaging Russian soldiers.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskaia oblast)
Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskaia oblast, Russia) -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)
Prussia, East (Poland and Russia) -- History.
Europe -- East Prussia (Poland and Russia) (OCoLC)fst01692702
Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskaia oblast) (OCoLC)fst01313143
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781853677052
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