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Sent to Die in Berlin: The Latvian 15th SS Division's Reconnaissance Battalion 22 April-2 May 1945 - (9781804519738)
The 300 men of the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Latvian 15th SS Division were sent into Berlin in late April 1945 by German commanders desperate to hold back the Red Army's final offensive. Two weeks of chaos and hellish combat followed and most of the Latvians were killed. The stories of the survivors are told in Sent to Die in Berlin for the first time in English adding gripping graphic eyewitness detail to the classic accounts of that battle.
As their numbers dwindled the Reconnaissance Battalion fought at the Patent Office BelleAlliance-Platz Anhalter Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz the Gestapo HQ and the Aviation Ministry - the epicentre of Nazi evil. Through extensive research in archives the post-war Latvian diaspora press and a folder of NKVD filtration reports in Riga this book explains why these men were there and what happened to those who survived.
Features
- 296 pages
- Over 150 photos and illustrations
- Hardcover
- Dimensions are 9.25 x 6.25
