Hallowed Ground Poznań, Poland
Oct 30, 2018
2 minutes
By Mark D. Van Ells
Poznan´ was not the only Nazi-occupied city to hold out behind Soviet lines in the closing days of World War II, but it was arguably the most important, its fall paving the way for the final Russian drive into the very heart of Germany. The 1939 German invasion of Poland didn’t mark the first time the city had been under Teutonic rule. Prussia took
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