Battle for Berlin. Sokolov B.V.

In the book of the famous military historian B.V. Sokolov describes the main Soviet operations of the victorious 1945 - Visl -Odery and Berlin. The main attention is paid to the issues that still remain discussion, including the influence of the German offensive on each other in the Ardenne and the subsequent counterattack of the Allies and the Visl-Oder Operation of the Red Army; Could the Red Army take Berlin back in February 1945 and why in February the Berlin operation was postponed; could American troops take Berlin in April 1945 earlier than the Red Army and why the march of the American army did not take place; Whether the optimal planning of the Berlin operation in April 1945 was optimal; What parallels can be drawn between the battle for Berlin in April 1945 and the battle for Moscow in October 1941 - January 1942; What was due to the "race on Berlin" between the marshals Zhukov and Konev; Whether Berlin was worth storming in April 1945 and could be the army of General Wenk to save Berlin; Why Berlin became the main goal of Stalin. Much attention is also paid to determining the losses of the parties.