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10 Otherwise known as ‘Seydlitz-Troops’.
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11 Probably Gielsdorf.
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12 A hand held anti-tank weapon.
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13 Hoppegarten is a famous German racecourse with its own stables and training facilities.
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14 The Volkssturm was raised by a decree of 25 September 1944 forming a Home Guard under Nazi Party auspices from all men aged 16 to 60 capable of bearing arms. The Hitler Youth were also armed and exploited in the defence of their country.
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15 Presumably where Frankfurter Allee crosses the S-Bahn ring.
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16 The official Nazi Party newspaper.
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17 Now Bielefelder Strasse.
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18 This was the Charlotten Bridge over the Havel, which had been severely damaged when an ammunition truck blew up while crossing. Horst Zobel (see The Bridge at Golzow) led the break-out here in an armoured personnel carrier, the break-out having been organised by Luftwaffe Major General Sydow.
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1 The Division ‘Feldhernhalle’ was the only SA (Sturmabteilung) formation in the Wehrmacht. Its replacement battalion had been sent to the Oder front as an emergency measure, much against the wish of the SA leadership, which kept pressing for its return. The battalion ended up with only 60 men in the line.
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2 Only a few of these target areas have been identified on the ground, as per the drawing.
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1 The present Seelow Museum was originally established by the Government of the German Democratic Republic as a ‘Memorial to the Liberation’.
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2 Known as the ‘Mistel’, its target were the Soviet bridges.
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3 The ‘Stein-Stellung’ was a prepared but unmanned, main defensive strip.
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4 Presumably Panzerjager Tiger Ausf B Jagdtigers of the SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 502, which had been lagered nearby. Heavily armoured and armed with an 88mm gun, these were in fact formidable fighting vehicles.
