Summary of Tony Le Tissier's With Our Backs to Berlin

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#1 On 1 February 1945, I was ordered to take Kunersdorf, a village directly east of Frankfurt an der Oder. The enemy situation was unknown, but we knew that the Replacement Brigade Grossdeutschland was trapped in the Reppiner Forest northeast of Kunersdorf and was making desperate attempts to break out. We had to force a passage through to the west.

#2 The attack on Trettin was made possible by the famous Luftwaffe Colonel Rudel, who had helped break out the Grossdeutschland that day. He had disassociated himself from the activities of the Nazi prisoners of war who did propaganda work for the Red Army, but was later exonerated by a West German court.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822521742

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Insights on Tony Le Tissier's With Our Backs to Berlin

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On 1 February 1945, I was ordered to take Kunersdorf, a village directly east of Frankfurt an der Oder. The enemy situation was unknown, but we knew that the Replacement Brigade Grossdeutschland was trapped in the Reppiner Forest northeast of Kunersdorf and was making desperate attempts to break out. We had to force a passage through to the west.

#2

The attack on Trettin was made possible by the famous Luftwaffe Colonel Rudel, who had helped break out the Grossdeutschland that day. He had disassociated himself from the activities of the Nazi prisoners of war who did propaganda work for the Red Army, but was later exonerated by a West German court.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The 256th Volksgrenadier Infantry Division, and with it Regiment 481, was pulled out of the northern Vosges Mountains in January 1945. We were glad to be able to leave that sector. We marched by night down the steep mountain road and across the Saar into Saarburg.

#2

The road leading down to the Moselle was heavily mined, so the Germans had to keep to the denoted paths. They had a small stream running parallel to the road on the right that had cut down to about four meters at the deepest part.

#3

The narrow tower I was in had a good view of the destroyed bridge leading across to Remich. I spent a lot of time there, chatting with the machine gunners. The No. 1 was a Sergeant Flinn, the No. 2 a little chap with the Iron Cross First Class.

#4

We were on high alert after hearing sounds of movement down the street leading from the Moselle. Our heavy machine gun fired two belts into