Then the Eastern Front collapsed. In the summer of 1944, while the allies focused on Normandy, Stalin launched the greatest offensive in history. Over three million men crashed into the German lines, and annihilated an entire army group. By Christmas the frontline was suddenly on hallowed German soil. Silesia, spared for so long the horrors of war, was about to become a battlefield. In early 1945 the Soviets arrived. Noble families buried treasures. Urban populations cowered in bunkers waiti… (View original article)
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