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Originally posted by TA152:
The other night they had a show on the History Channel about the final push to Berlin and General Zuekolf (can't spell), but it said that the German general in charge of Berlin flooded a low lying area and that made all the Russian vehicles have to use the roads in the area and the Germans concentrated all their firepower on the roads and took a great toll. It slowed the Russians down but did not help much in the end. They said the German general orginazed his defence in three rings near the river.
Again this is from the History Channel and their "facts" have been leaving alot to be desired lately.
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That fact is indeed True and it was Gen Oberst Gotthard Heinrici who organised this by flooding the Oder Bruch and turning the area into a swamp. Given that the Germans mobile capacity was almost zero it didnt hamper them at all unlike the Russians.