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263 - The Halbe Pocket, 1945
Manage episode 482860514 series 1000193
In the final weeks of the Second World War, as Soviet forces closed in on Berlin, tens of thousands of German soldiers and civilians found themselves encircled in what became known as the Halbe Pocket. In a desperate attempt to break out west and surrender to the Americans rather than the Soviets, brutal fighting erupted in the forests south of Berlin. The result was one of the bloodiest and most chaotic battles of the war’s final days.
Joining me is David Sumner. David is a British-German World War II historian and podcaster based in Berlin. He’s the producer and host of Europe At War, a weekly podcast that explores lesser-known battles and stories of the Second World War, with a particular focus on the Eastern Front.
You can find David at davidsumnerhistory.com.
270 episodes
Manage episode 482860514 series 1000193
In the final weeks of the Second World War, as Soviet forces closed in on Berlin, tens of thousands of German soldiers and civilians found themselves encircled in what became known as the Halbe Pocket. In a desperate attempt to break out west and surrender to the Americans rather than the Soviets, brutal fighting erupted in the forests south of Berlin. The result was one of the bloodiest and most chaotic battles of the war’s final days.
Joining me is David Sumner. David is a British-German World War II historian and podcaster based in Berlin. He’s the producer and host of Europe At War, a weekly podcast that explores lesser-known battles and stories of the Second World War, with a particular focus on the Eastern Front.
You can find David at davidsumnerhistory.com.
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