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February 27th, 1945
The troops of the 2nd BELARUSSIAN Front, continuing their offensive, crushed enemy resistance west of the town of CHOJNICE (KONITZ) and over four days of fighting had advanced by 70 km.
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February 26th, 1945
In the course of February 26, our troops, fighting northwest of KONIGSBERG on the SAMLAND Peninsula, repelled enemy infantry and tank attacks. Southwest of KONIGSBERG, our troops took by force the settlements of ERNSTFELDE, DUSTERWALDE, NAUSSEDEN, HEILIGENHOF, JANNITZ.
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February 25th, 1945
In the area of BRESLAU, our troops continued fighting to eliminate the enemy’s garrison encircled in the town and seized several blocks in the southern part of the town. Reconnaissance raids were reported on the other sections of the front.
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February 24th, 1945
In the course of February 24, our troops, fighting northwest of KONIGSBERG on the SAMLAND Peninsula, were repelling the attacks of the enemy’s infantry and tanks. Simultaneously, south-west of KONIGSBERG, our troops fought to eliminate the enemy’s Eastern-Prussian group and seized the settlements of ECKER, KUKEHNEN, LANGENDORF, QUISCHEN, PERBANDEN, SCHONEBERG, RAUSCHBACH, ANTIKEN, SCHWILLGARBEN.
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February 23rd, 1945
In the course of February 23, southwest of KONIGSBERG, our troops continued fighting to eliminate the enemy’s Eastern-Prussian group, and closing the encirclement, seized the settlements of ARNSTEIN, LICHTENFELD, LILIENTHAL, TOLKSDORF, LIEBENAU, SCHALMAY. Fighting in this area on February 22, our troops took over 500 Nazi men and officers prisoner.
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February 22nd, 1945
In the course of February 22, our troops, fighting on the SAMLAND Peninsula, repelled massive enemy infantry and tank attacks. At the cost of heavy losses in manpower and materiel, the enemy managed to dislodge our troops from the northern coast of the Konigsberg Bay.
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February 21st, 1945
In the course of February 21, our troops, fighting on the SAMLAND Peninsula, repelled enemy infantry and tank attacks striving to force their way from KONIGSBERG to PILLAU.
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February 20th, 1945
In the course of February 20, our troops, fighting on the SAMLAND Peninsula repelled enemy infantry and tanks the attacks striving, despite heavy losses, to force their way from the city of KONIGSBERG to the west.
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February 18th, 1945
In the course of February 18, our troops, fighting to eliminate the Nazi Eastern-Prussian group south of KONIGSBERG, seized the settlements of ROBITTEN, GALLINGEN, ORSCHEN, WILDENHOFF, BUCHHOLZ, LEISS, LANGWALDE.
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February 17th, 1945
Troops of the 3rd BELARUSSIAN Front, continuing to close the encirclement of the enemy’s East-Prussian group, took by storming the towns of WORMDITT and MEHLSACK, important communications centers and powerful enemy defensive strongholds, and took by force the settlements of PLAUTEN, NEUHOF, BORNITT, KLINGENBERG.
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...17 - 27 February 1945...
* Updated daily
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