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A DDR stamp showing the Soviet memorial statue at the Seelow Heights.
The Seelow Heights are situated around the town of Seelow, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of Berlin, and overlook the Oderbruch, the western flood plain of the River Oder, which is a further 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the east.
They are sometimes known as the "Gates to Berlin", because the main eastern route out of Berlin runs through them.[citation needed]
The Battle of the SeelowHeights (German: Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen) was part of the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation (16 April – 2 May 1945)...
The SeelowHeights are situated around the town of Seelow, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of Berlin, and overlook the Oderbruch, the western flood plain...
Seelow (German pronunciation: [ˈzeːloː] ) is a German town, seat of the Märkisch-Oderland, a district of Brandenburg. As of 2013 its population was of...
commenced, the Red Army encircled the city after successful battles of the SeelowHeights and Halbe. On 20 April 1945, Hitler's birthday, the 1st Belorussian...
in front of the SeelowHeights. The 2nd Belorussian Front moved into the positions being vacated by the 1BF north of the SeelowHeights. While this redeployment...
overall battle took place was the SeelowHeights, the last major defensive line outside Berlin. The Battle of the SeelowHeights was one of the last pitched...
was sent to join Helmuth Weidling's LVI Panzer Corps defending the SeelowHeights, to stiffen the sector held by the 9th Parachute Division. The Nederland...
from their positions in the Oder to the fortified positions of the SeelowHeights further west after they had received intelligence about the expected...
favoured Heinrici; he dug the 9th Army into three defensive lines atop SeelowHeights, overlooking the sandy, swampy banks of the Oder. Manteuffel's 3rd Panzer...
during the Soviets' Berlin Offensive Operation. During the Battle of SeelowHeights, the first major battle of the offensive, General Gotthard Heinrici...
capital. Specifically, Busse commanded the 9th Army during the Battle of SeelowHeights and the Battle of the Oder-Neisse. In April 1945, during the Battle...
surround Berlin. The German Ninth Army covered the defenses of the SeelowHeights against Marshal Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front, but its position was...
16 April 1945, Weidling prepared to take part in the Battle of the SeelowHeights, which was part of the broader Battle of the Oder-Neisse. Weidling's...
Army launching the Battle of the Oder–Neisse and the Battle of the SeelowHeights. Canadian forces took Harlingen and occupied Leeuwarden and Groningen...
consisted mostly of children and adolescents and fought in the Battle of SeelowHeights and the Battle in Berlin. During Hitler's last days in Berlin, Axmann...
the title Hero of the Soviet Union for actions in the Battle of the SeelowHeights. Kadi Abakarov was born on 9 May 1913 in the village of Echeda in Dagestan...
occasion was the Red Army use of searchlights during the Battle of the SeelowHeights in April 1945. 143 searchlights were directed at the German defence...
O'Dowd 2007, p. 143. "National Revolutionary Army". RED ARMY ASSAULT AT SEELOWHEIGHTS – MAY '99 WORLD WAR II FEATURE Appleman 1989, p. 353. Anderson, Jon...
Battle of Berlin: April–May 1945 Battle of the Oder-Neisse Battle of the SeelowHeights Battle of Halbe Battle of Bautzen (1945): April 1945 Prague Offensive...
General Gotthard Heinrici's Army Group Vistula during the Battle of the SeelowHeights and advanced to the outskirts of Berlin. In denial about the dire situation...
Wehrmacht and the Soviet Union's Red Army. It began with the Battle of the SeelowHeights on 16 April 1945 and concluded with the Battle in Berlin. Units are...
break into Austria and take Vienna April 16 – April 19: Battle of the SeelowHeights – Zhukov's costly frontal assault on Berlin April 16 – May 2: Battle...
most destructed town of post-war Poland. In April the Battle of the SeelowHeights took place, ending in a Soviet-Polish victory. It was one of the last...
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