Jail House Rock ETO (id:#57807)

Heat of Battle (Berlin: Red Vengeance ID: BRV 9)   [next]   [previous]

Westhafen Canal Locks, Berlin, Germany 1945-04-26 (23 others)

Overview:

The 79th Corps fought its way toward the Reichstag to meet Stalin's tall order to fly the Red Banner atop the Reichstag by May 1st. As they approached the Moltke Bridge from the northeast they first had to cross the bridges at the Westhafen Canal. Defending this area were the tough anti-Communist volunteer Russians under the command of the distinguished Lt.-General Andrei A. Vlasov. Vlasov's men guarded the bridges into the Moabit district which held the grounds of the Moabit Prison but the German command was skeptical about their ability to stand and fight due to the inevitable circumstances. Inside the walls of this prison held pro-Communist Germans and Russian POWs who were waiting for their death sentences to be executed and who were guarded by SS.

Defender: German (SS) (11th SS Panzergrenadier Division and Pro-German Volunteer Russians)  

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