Abbreviations
Introduction
ONE
Preparing for ‘Operation Berlin’
21 APRIL 1999
TWO
Breaching the Oder–Neisse Defences
THREE
9th Army Encircled
21 APRIL 1945
FOUR
Destroy the 9th Army
22 APRIL 1945
FIVE
12th Army to the Rescue
23 APRIL 1945
SIX
The Soviets Close In
24 APRIL 1945
SEVEN
No Luck for von Luck
25 APRIL 1945
EIGHT
Preparing the Break-Out
26 APRIL 1945
NINE
The Pocket Shrinks
27 APRIL 1945
TEN
The Eye of the Needle
28 APRIL 1945
ELEVEN
Breaching Koniev’s Lines
29 APRIL 1945
TWELVE
12th Army Waits
30 APRIL 1945
THIRTEEN
The Last Leg
1 MAY 1945
FOURTEEN
Retreat to the Elbe
FIFTEEN
Aftermath
APPENDIX A
Soviet Forces Engaged Against the Halbe Pocket
APPENDIX B
Order of Battle: German 9th Army
APPENDIX C
Order of Battle: German 12th Army
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