Vistula-Oder Offensive (1945) — The 48-Hour Collapse | Part 1

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In early January 1945, a German general looked at his defensive maps and performed a calculation that spelled doom. General Joseph Harp commanded 450,000 men stretched across 500 km of the Vista Riverfront. That sounds like a formidable force. But divide those numbers and you get 900 soldiers per kilometer. Soviet doctrine considered 2500 men per k... Read More