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This picture shows troops of the Grossdeutschland division as they operate captured Soviet ZIS.3 76mm artillery guns in Wilkowischken, Lithuania, in August of 1944.
The soldier on the left carries an MP-40 and the one on he right an MG-42. They are lighting cigarettes in a calm in the Soviet storm.
The big Red Army push was nearing. Their troops amassed on the outskirts of Warsaw along with the rest of the front lines, preparing for a massive breakthrough that could quite possibly end the war.
Also in August was the Warsaw Uprising, and the Soviets actually resisted supporting the rebellion for reason that are unknown. It is widely believed the Soviets purposely did not aide the Poles because they wanted control of Warsaw and that wouldn't happen if the Polish forces succeeded in their plot against the Germans.
The Polish were defeated in October, and the Soviets began to get ready for their massive push.
This would occur in January to February of 1945, and by its end, the Red Army had taken most of Poland back along with reaching within 43 miles of Berlin itself.
Zhukov then ordered his troops to halt to reorganize and deal with the German resistance to the North.
With German defeats at the Battle of the Bulge and during the Vistula-Oder Offensive, the Third Reich was effectively beaten, and Hitler's choice to continue the war was selfish and resulted in tens of thousands of more deaths.
Germany was defeated by February of 1945, this is a fact. It was statistically impossible for them to change the tide of the war when facing so many enemies on 3 fronts. If they suddenly had nuclear weapons, maybe. But they didn't. They were not even close to discovering this advanced technology. Their armies were vastly exhausted and depleted. Their Airforce was non-existent. Their armored divisions were not enough o halt the immense tide of western allied and soviet tanks. It just would not have happened, and thus the decision to continue the struggle was entirely un-intelligent. (Colorized by Doug)