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The Germans feared that the advancing Red Army would cross the frozen Oder at Schwedt, about 60 miles north-east of Berlin. The Commander-in-chief of Army Group Vistula, Heinrich Himmler, was planning a counter-offensive from Schwedt. On January 30, 1945 he ordered SS-Standartenführer Otto Skorzeny to prepare for the offensive.

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  • Defense of Schwedt Bridgehead
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  • The Germans feared that the advancing Red Army would cross the frozen Oder at Schwedt, about 60 miles north-east of Berlin. The Commander-in-chief of Army Group Vistula, Heinrich Himmler, was planning a counter-offensive from Schwedt. On January 30, 1945 he ordered SS-Standartenführer Otto Skorzeny to prepare for the offensive.
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  • Originally a Kampfgruppe, later XI SS Panzer Corps
  • Deception by 2nd Guards Tank Army, supported by 61st and 49th Armies
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  • World War II
Date
  • --02-01
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Result
  • Successful Soviet deception
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  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 9(xsd:integer)
Place
  • Schwedt, Germany
Conflict
  • Defense of Schwedt Bridgehead
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  • The Germans feared that the advancing Red Army would cross the frozen Oder at Schwedt, about 60 miles north-east of Berlin. The Commander-in-chief of Army Group Vistula, Heinrich Himmler, was planning a counter-offensive from Schwedt. On January 30, 1945 he ordered SS-Standartenführer Otto Skorzeny to prepare for the offensive.
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