Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights:#1 On 1 February 1945, I was ordered to take Kunersdorf, a village directly east of Frankfurt an der Oder. The enemy situation was unknown, but we knew that the Replacement Brigade Grossdeutschland was trapped in the Reppiner Forest northeast of Kunersdorf and was making desperate attempts to break out. We had to force a passage through to the west.#2 The attack on Trettin was made possible by the famous Luftwaffe Colonel Rudel, who had helped break out the Grossdeutschland that day. He had disassociated himself from the activities of the Nazi prisoners of war who did propaganda work for the Red Army, but was later exonerated by a West German court.