Horror in East Prussia—Episode 88: The Red Army enters Germany
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Horror in East Prussia—Episode 88: The Red Army enters Germany
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In October 1944, the Red Army entered East Prussia, the heart of German militarism. Horrific war crimes ensued.
Map 1: The Red Army’s advances all across the broad front
Map 2a: European Theatre, 1 October 1944
Map 2b: European Theatre, 1 November 1944
Map 3a: The Pacific Theatre, 1 October 1944
Map 3b: The Pacific Theatre, 1 November 1944
Map 4: The Gumbinnen Operation
Historical photos
Konigsberg Castle before World War 1
German officers find evidence of massacre at Nemmersdorf, East Prussia
Civilians killed at Nemmersdorf, 1944
SourcesAntony Beevor, The Second World War. New York, NY, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 2012.
Evan Mawdsley, Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941–1945. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Pat McTaggart, "Goldap Operation: Soviets in the Prussian Heartland,” in WWII History, vol. 14, No. 2, February 2015. Cited in Warfare History Network, February 2015, https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/goldap-operation-soviets-in-the-prussian-heartland/
Anthony Tucker-Jones, Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin’s War, 1941–1945. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017.
Morse code by Thane Brown
Music composed and recorded by Nicolas Bury