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Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault on Berlin, April 1945 Hardcover – 15 April 2008

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On 16 April 1945 the Soviet Army launched the fourth largest offensive of WWII with the goal to capture Berlin in five operational days. The Soviet Army took four days just to breech the prepared German defenses along the Seelow Heights, followed by another four days to reach Berlin. Berlin's fall occurred after another eight days of bloody street fighting-sixteen days after the operation began and eleven days longer than planned. The backbone of Berlin's defense was the German LVI Panzer Corps, newly formed and under strength. This corps bore the brunt of the Soviet attack along the Seelow Heights by the 5th Shock, 8th Guards, 1st and 2nd Guards Tank Armies and now was faced with holding Berlin against the combined weight of seven separate Soviet Armies from two competing Soviet Fronts. Supporting the LVI Panzer Corps were various formations of the Volkssturm, Hitler Youth, and SS, as well as smaller ad hoc formations of foreign volunteers and locally formed units. The Battle of Berlin precipitated the death of Adolf Hitler and the fall the Third Reich-at a high cost. Soviet operational daily casualty rates were among the highest of the war, and they lost more than the equivalent of a Tank Army in armor and self-propelled guns in the streets of Berlin. Bloody Streets is a massive new work that uses previously unpublished German, Russian, and Allied first person accounts, as well as previously unused primary sources and photographs, including aerial imagery, to bring to life the largest urban assault in military history. All aspects of this battle are covered with new insights into how it was planned, shaped, and executed. This book uniquely presents a day-by-day account of the tactical fighting throughout the city's ruins in greater detail than previously published. German and Soviet units come to life through vivid first person accounts and insightful analysis that are interwoven to provide a complete picture of the brutal urban combat that ensued in the bloody streets of Berlin.

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368 pages
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English
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Helion & Company
Publication date

15 April 2008
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22.86 x 2.54 x 31.12 cm
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1906033129
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978-1906033125
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This is a meticulous study which lays bare the flaws in Zhukov s planning...although aimed at the serious historian, the book is highly visual with over 300 photographs which make it a goldmine for the modeller...highly recommended. --Military Modelcraft International. 07/2009

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Helion & Company; 1st Edition (15 April 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1906033129
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1906033125
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 22.86 x 2.54 x 31.12 cm

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Ron Dutton

The best book available on The Battle of Berlin in English superb !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2012

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Not another book on the Battle of Berlin some readers may say ? This book Bloody Streets,The Soviet Assualt on Berlin April 1945,sets the standard of all previous works before it and still nothing has been published since that comes near it.

This large format book written by Stephan Hamilton describes The Battle of Berlin in 1945 using lots of new material that was unused by Cornielius Ryan in his book The Last Battle which was published way back in 1966.Stephan Hamilton creates a rich text that demonstrates a excellent tactical understanding of the fighting in and around Berlin in 1945.The text has lots of accounts from the participants and a large section at the back of the book is accounts from Germans who tried to escape Berlin after the surrender in May, 1945.What makes this book unique is the use of areial imagery to demonstrate the progress of the fighting in the City.The book is also lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs many never seen before.

Anyone who has an interest in WW2 or The Batlle of Berlin,this is a must have book.

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BAM

DEFINITELY NOT THE BEST BK ON BERLIN

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2014

I fear the other reviewers have been duped by this books maps' slick appearance. It has many large maps, and the chronological telling of the story makes the maps the anchor around which each day's text is written. But the maps are grey copies of a "tourist map-style" of the area between Berlin & oder, and grey copies of Berlin streetmaps, both types showing sequentially the progress of the battles, with frontlines & units marked in large white blocks. These are very captivating, and are mostly helpful and relevant to the text. But the problem with using copies of existing available maps, is that these maps show EVERYTHING, every village, road, wood etc. They are so dense, that finding a particular village mentioned in the text can be a chore. The large size of the boxes showing the units on the maps mean that these boxes cant exactly pinpoint a location, they cover a large area, 10 miles or so. Sometimes the boxes completely cover the name of a location you are hunting for. And there are some elementary mistakes among the units high lighted, some non-proofreading allowing unit numbers to be wrong or in the wrong place.
The text is pretty good, detailed, mixing in a good amount of first person accounts. But its not the best text story about Berlin April 45. Beevor is better, and better still are the many books by LeTissier, which give much more detail and colour.
There are some interesting photos, a goodly number too; much better photographs than we usually get from Helion....these are genuine late war/Oder/Berlin photos. They are mostly from Wydawnictwo's superb (and largely unknown) Panzerwaffe 1945 series of 4 vols (all must-haves for late war german armour).
So this book is a large, great mix of maps, photos & text, a real visual feast.....but its not the best Berlin story available.

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Dave History Student

Comprehensive Coverage of the Assault on Greater Berlin

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 August 2011

The tactical coverage of the assault on Greater Berlin is the best I've found and if you wanted only one book on this subject, this would be it. That said, I should warn you that the coverage all along the Oder and Neisse Rivers at the beginning of the assault is not as complete. Nor is the 9th Army encirclement or the attack of 3rd PzA to the north by the 2nd BRF. Books by Erickson and Le Tissier can supplement the action in these areas.

Besides the narrative, the maps and photos make this book unique. The many large maps are unusual with troop symbols overlaid on aerial maps. The author does a good job of showing the Red Army's progress on closing in and encircling Berlin on these maps.
There are many fine large photos as well. The collection does a good job of showing the death and destruction of the city and the Third Reich. It also shows the key commanders on each side.

Jumping to the front of the book, the Preface is interesting as well. It gives insight into the author and his interest in urban warfare and the many years he devoted to this book. It also describes his connection to the Ryan Foundation.

The first four chapters sets the condition of the two armies and the assault zone prior to the engagement. This will help people who are not well read on the battle.
The two chapters on the actual battle are broken down by day and the author does a good job of making a complicated assault easy to understand. One point of interest is the pointing out of the poor judgement of Zhukov in executing his battle plan because of the influence placed on him by Stalin and Zhukov's obsession to beat Konev to the Reichstag.
The author also has a chapter on post war that was good. Mr Hamilton wants to remind us that Germany and its people continued to suffer after May 2nd at the hands of the Red Army. Another chapter that is interesting describes how a select number of Germans tried to escape Russian rule after the surrender.
An Order of Battle is also presented.

Even if you have read other authors on the fall of Berlin, this book has coverage the others don't have.
With useful maps, detailed coverage of the operational, a number of first hand accounts as well as having interesting photos, this book is excellent and is highly recommended.

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Mr. R. J. Roberts

Possibly a definitive history of the Berlin campaign

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2010

I echo Mr Olsen's view of this excellent book. Personally, it is the detailed account of the origins, planning and execution of the assualt on Berlin that is most interesting, in particular those chapters about the battle for the Seelow heights. This book contains the most detailed account of the Seelow battle that I have read. There are photographs from a wide range of sources, many of which I had not seen after 30+ years of reading everything I can find about the Second World War! I found one photograph particularly thought provoking, that showing the disposition of German forces at the end of the war; they are almost everywhere except Germany - one wonders what the Germans might have achieved by a concentration of their forces to defend Greater Germany. The outcome would not have been in doubt but the war may well have lasted a lot longer.
This book is expensive. However, it is clearly a labour of love for Mr Hamilton and I would recommend it without hesitation to anyone interested in the period.

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