Download or read book Festung Posen written by Fredrik Nilsson and published by Leandoer and Eckholm. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals a rare perspective of World War II in its closing stages.The battle for Posen 1945 is one of World War II's most desperate, yet forgotten battles. In a moment of panic Adolf Hitler declared it a "Festung platz" (fortress site) when the Soviet forces closed in on the town in late January 1945. Defending Posen were a mixture of soldiers from more than a dozen different units. Defeat was inevitable but nonetheless the battle had to be fought and the Fuhrer's orders had to be carried out. Six soldiers in the German armed forces tells their story of the preparations, the fighting, the fear and the despair they felt as the war rapidly moved towards its brutal finale.