Koenigsberg 1945 Koenigsberg 1945 relates the major Soviet offensive against East Prussia in early 1945. The German player must hold at all costs against enemy onslaughts to gain enough time for ...

By the spring of 1945, Nazi Germany was crumbling and the Soviets were racing toward Berlin. The Red Army swept across the Eastern Front, first taking Poland, then East Prussia, Austria and ...

To some, the eradication of East Prussia in 1945 had a certain justice about it (‘They deserve it,' said Churchill). But the book is much more nuanced. Reminiscent of those of Ivan Bunin or W.G.

by the soldiers of the Red Army when they came to occupy East Prussia. The Soviet military were ruthless with Catholics, and in this case of martyrdom, rape was used as a tool to intimidate ...

After the Battle of Konigsberg in April 1945, the region was surrendered to the Russians. Konigsberg would later be renamed Kaliningrad and East Prussia permanently annexed by Russia.

£14.99 With this story of an East Prussian family forced to flee the advancing Red Army in 1945, Bryan Malessa joins the ranks of Günter Grass, Rachel Seiffert and others in taking on the major ...