📰 The Battle of the Seelow Heights 19th April 1945!
Today marks the Soviet/Polish victory on the Seelow Heights which is just 70 Km from Berlin.
On 19 April, the 1st Belorussian Front eventually broke through the final defensive line of the Seelow Heights and now nothing but broken German formations lay between them and Berlin. The remnants of the 9th Army and the 4th Panzer Army were enveloped by the 1st Belorussian Front and by elements of the 1st Ukrainian Front which had broken through and turned north. Other armies of the 1st Ukrainian Front raced west towards the Americans. By the close of 19 April, the German eastern frontline had effectively ceased to exist. All that remained were pockets of resistance.
Hitler continued to stay in his Bunker, his two close men Himmler & Göring left the bunker for the last time in attempts to make contact with western forces to surrender German forces.
Today marks the Soviet/Polish victory on the Seelow Heights which is just 70 Km from Berlin.
On 19 April, the 1st Belorussian Front eventually broke through the final defensive line of the Seelow Heights and now nothing but broken German formations lay between them and Berlin. The remnants of the 9th Army and the 4th Panzer Army were enveloped by the 1st Belorussian Front and by elements of the 1st Ukrainian Front which had broken through and turned north. Other armies of the 1st Ukrainian Front raced west towards the Americans. By the close of 19 April, the German eastern frontline had effectively ceased to exist. All that remained were pockets of resistance.
Hitler continued to stay in his Bunker, his two close men Himmler & Göring left the bunker for the last time in attempts to make contact with western forces to surrender German forces.