Halbe Village

Gotthard Heinrici · 20-02-2008, 03:04 PM

When the 9th Army was forced back from the Seelow Heights by the Russians it became trapped between the Armies of Marshal Zhukov (from the East) and Marshal Koniev(from the South). In order to join up with General Wencks 12th Army at Beelitz, it had to pas through the village of Halbe which witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the campaign. Some 40,000 casualties were inflicted on the Germans as they tried to break out. Here are some pictures of the village:

Alan Beadle Antique Arms & Militaria

And here is a spanish site decribing the battle. Not that I can read Spanish but the photos are very interesting. Its another Falaise. The photos are almost identical to the photos taken at Falaise a year previously, only this time it was artillery and tanks that did the damage, not airpower.
Der zweite Weltkrieg :: Ver tema - El Kessel de Halbe o la destrucción del 9º Ejército

von Poop · 20-02-2008, 03:31 PM

Some fine shots of civillians harried by the course of the war too.

The second link translates very well with Google.
Translated version of http://www.zweiterweltkrieg.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=7956&sid=19d01983184f3a6917b519b6d 0b6feb4

20-02-2008, 03:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,699	Halbe Village When the 9th Army was forced back from the Seelow Heights by the Russians it became trapped between the Armies of Marshal Zhukov (from the East) and Marshal Koniev(from the South). In order to join up with General Wencks 12th Army at Beelitz, it had to pas through the village of Halbe which witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the campaign. Some 40,000 casualties were inflicted on the Germans as they tried to break out. Here are some pictures of the village: Alan Beadle Antique Arms & Militaria And here is a spanish site decribing the battle. Not that I can read Spanish but the photos are very interesting. Its another Falaise. The photos are almost identical to the photos taken at Falaise a year previously, only this time it was artillery and tanks that did the damage, not airpower. Der zweite Weltkrieg :: Ver tema - El Kessel de Halbe o la destrucción del 9º Ejército __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

20-02-2008, 03:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,089	Some fine shots of civillians harried by the course of the war too. The second link translates very well with Google. Translated version of http://www.zweiterweltkrieg.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=7956&sid=19d01983184f3a6917b519b6d 0b6feb4 __________________ It's only the Internet.

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