Battle of Halbe

April 24 – May 1, 1945 · Halbe

Result Soviet victory

The Red Army surrounded the German Ninth Army in the forests near Halbe, south-east of Berlin. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died as the Germans tried to break out west.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany

Soviet Union

Georgy Zhukov military commander

Ivan Konev military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 280,000

Units

V Army Corps (Wehrmacht) V SS Mountain Corps 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg 303rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 342nd Infantry Division 35th SS-Police Grenadier Division

1st Ukrainian Front 106th Rifle Division 129th Rifle Division 130th Rifle Division 147th Rifle Division 149th Rifle Division 152nd Rifle Division 197th Rifle Division 250th Rifle Division 253rd Rifle Division 329th Rifle Division