Felix Steiner
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Felix Martin Julius Steiner was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS, and commanded several SS divisions and corps. H
Steiner in 1942
Post-war photo of Steiner in Finland with SS veterans Unto Parvilahti (l) and Aarne Roiha (r).
Battle of Berlin
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The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of
Felix Steiner
…a new Army Group Vistula, an ad-hoc formation to defend Berlin from the Soviet armies advancing from the Vistula River. On 21 April 1945, during the Battle for Berlin, Steiner was placed in command of Army Detachment Steiner, with which Adolf Hitler ordered Steiner to envelop the 1st Belorussian Front through a pincer…
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag (photographed by Yevgeny Khaldei)
Hasso von Manteuffel
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Gotthard Heinrici