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On this day 80 years ago, Battle of Seelow Heights, forerunner to Battle of Berlin
Posted on 4/16/25 at 6:50 am
Posted on 4/16/25 at 6:50 am
One of the largest battles on German soil. Seelow Heights was the Gate to Berlin and the end of WW2 in Europe. Hitler's death
This post was edited on 4/16/25 at 6:52 am
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Posted on 4/16/25 at 7:48 am to Granola
Largest battle on German soil. Russia killed them
Posted on 4/16/25 at 7:52 am to Granola
Anyone have a link to a solid doc about it? Wouldn’t mind watching.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 8:32 am to pankReb
Several on you tube
Posted on 4/16/25 at 9:17 am to Purplehaze
Yeah I’m sure there are. I’m just hoping someone could recommend a good one so I don’t end up wasting my time on trash.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 9:22 am to pankReb
the one's on youtube are good. Some last for 10 minutes. Not sure how to link here. Maybe someone can help.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 10:41 am to Granola
Pretty interesting battle to read about. The Germans put up a stiff resistance with the last remaining tanks/spg/88’s they had left (which wasn’t much)
I feel like this was a very stereotypical Soviet battle plan where they threw hordes of men & tanks at the well defended German positions and took catastrophic losses but eventually overwhelmed them. Iiirc a lot of the German defenders were volksturm and hitler youth
I feel like this was a very stereotypical Soviet battle plan where they threw hordes of men & tanks at the well defended German positions and took catastrophic losses but eventually overwhelmed them. Iiirc a lot of the German defenders were volksturm and hitler youth
Posted on 4/16/25 at 10:56 am to Granola
quote:
Hitler's death
Not so fast my friend…
Posted on 4/16/25 at 1:33 pm to Granola
I visited Seelow last year. A small but nice museum with military vehicles outside. All Russian. A Russian military cemetery and monuments dedicated to fallen Russian soldiers. A viewing platform on a hill showing the battlefield. You can even see into Poland from the platform.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 1:48 pm to Stonehenge
Interesting
Posted on 4/16/25 at 1:53 pm to Granola
It’s amazing that around half a million artillery shells were fired in first 30 minutes. Can’t imagine how terrifying it was.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 1:55 pm to bdavids09
It was extremely intense fighting for 3 days. Once Russia won, they moved onto encircling Berlin
Posted on 4/16/25 at 4:31 pm to Granola
Do you think the Americans could have beat the Russians to Berlin?
Posted on 4/16/25 at 4:36 pm to bdavids09
The American generals did not want to lose a lot of soldiers in the street by street fighting that was needed to capture Berlin. The let the Russians do that. The Americans heavily bombed Berlin in air raids. Too many Americans would have died in heavy street fighting.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 4:54 pm to Mstate
This is why I never feared the Russians during the Cold War. At Seelow, the Germans were on their last legs; no air support, limited mech/armor, supply situation catastrophic and they still killed Soviets in droves. Just stacking bodies like crazy. The Soviets without Allied logistical support would have negotiated a peace settlement long before reaching German soil.
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