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Stalins Offensive and the Conquest of East Prussia - 1945 COL Stuart McRae LTC(P) Douglas Boltuc USAWC, AY 2011

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Stalins Offensive and the Conquest of East Prussia -

1945

COL Stuart McRaeLTC(P) Douglas Boltuc

USAWC, AY 2011

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Political Strategic Context

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LeadersJan 45

M. W

eichs

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F

J. Frießner

Ch. OKW

W. Keitel

A. H

itler

Ch.OKH

H. G

uderian

O. W

öhler

G. Reinhardt

F. Schörner

H. H

imm

lerG

. Heinrici

H. Vietinghoff

H. Vietinghoff

L. Rendulic

L. Rendulic

W. W

eiß

L. Rendulic

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SOUTH

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CENTRAL

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SOUTH

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NORTH

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NORTH

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VISTULA

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VISTULA

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CENTRAL

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NORTH

F. Schörner

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CENTRAL

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KURLAND

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NORTH

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KURLAND

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J. Harpe

J. Harpe

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A 441+1

1

2

2

Führer &CinC OKH

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B

W. M

odel

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C

A. Kesselring

ITALY

G. v Rundstedt XXXXX

D

OB West

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G

J. Blaskowitz

FRANCE

K. Student

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H

H. H

imm

ler

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FRANCE

2 4 1

WEST EAST

F. Schörner

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A

17 JAN

30 JAN 30 JAN

1 2

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Leaders

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Planning (German)

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Planning (Soviet)

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Execution

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Eastern Front1 August 1943 – 11 May

1945

to 1 December 1943

to 30 April 1944

to 19 August 1944

to 31 December 1944

to 31 January 1945

to 30 March 1945

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WEICHS

F

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YEREMENKO

2D BALTIC

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BAGRAMYAN

1ST BALTIC

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ROKOSSOVSKI

2D W. RSN

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Zukhov

1ST W. RSN

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KONEV

1ST UKRN

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MALINOVSKI

2D UKRN

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TOLBUKHIN

3D UKRN

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PETROV

4TH UKRN

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CHERNYAKOVSKI

3D W. RSN

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MASLENNIKOV

3D BALTIC

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GOVOROV

LENINGRAD

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FREISSNER

SOUTH

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REINHARDT

CENTER

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HARPE

A

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SCHOERNER

NORTH

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Operational Teaching Points