Operation Solstice
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Operation Solstice, also known as Unternehmen Husarenritt or the Stargard tank battle, was one of the last German armoured offensive operations on the Eastern Front in World War II.
Soviet casualties and destroyed T-34s in South Pomerania, February 20, 1945
View along the shore of Lake Madüsee (Miedwie)
Felix Steiner
Marshal Georgy Zhukov
Army Group Vistula
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Army Group Vistula was an Army Group of the Wehrmacht, formed on 24 January 1945. It lasted for 105 days, having been put together from elements of Army Group A, Army Group Centre, and a variety of ne
Operation Solstice
…to have an even more heated argument when Guderian insisted that Walther Wenck direct the offensive rather than Heinrich Himmler (the commander of Army Group Vistula), who Guderian argued had lacked the experience nor the staff to control the attack. Hitler, despite "almost screaming", according to Guderian's account…
Briefing at the headquarters of Army Group Vistula
The retreat of Army Group Vistula, 1945
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 S72707, Heinrich Himmler
Gotthard Heinrici