It was the beginning of the end --- the final collapse of Hitler's glorious dreams. Forbidden to surrender by their Fuehrer, forced to fight without supplies, without ammunition, the once invincible Wehrmacht was defeated by the fierce, grinding attack of 200 crack Red Army divisions. In that terrible winter of retreat [1944-1945], humiliation and revenge, the Germans encountered the "barbarian horde" they had always feared. Russian soldiers, eager for victory, and with old debts to pay, were on German soil, raping, burning and slaughtering in their final devastating drive to Berlin. Originally Published as 'Flight in the Winter.' Edited and Translated by Fred Wieck.
