Berlin Finale (Penguin Modern Classics) by Heinz Rein

Author:Heinz Rein [Rein, Heinz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780241245668
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2019-08-28T22:00:00+00:00

The previous day’s Wehrmacht report had settled only for the general term of a major attack, but the complementary report is much more substantial. Lebus, Kienitz, Seelow, Lassehn knows the Oderbruch, these places are more than names to him, he has hiked through that area twice. Seelow is almost fifteen kilometres west of the Oder, from there it is only about thirty-five kilometres to the edge of the city and there is no chance of exploiting the space operationally or retreating, any backward step would give the Soviet tank armies further chances to advance and open the floodgates to their bridgeheads.

The speaker’s voice emerges monotonously from the speaker, always uttering the phrases which have been used time and again, and which became threadbare a long time ago.

‘… our grenadiers, engineers and tank gunners resisted the charge with all their might …’

‘… only local incursions …’

‘… defensive battle with a constant exchange of thrust and counter-thrust …’

‘… some small breakthroughs …’

‘… our tanks thwarted the breach …’

‘… caught in the counter-attack …’

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