The Vistula-Oder offensive was launched on 12 January 1945 and paved the way for the Battle of Berlin, driving Soviet forces to within fifty miles of the city. Some 450,000 German troops of Army Group A faced odds of three to one, and this fully illustrated account records the three weeks of destruction that followed. By Ian Baxter. ISBN 9781636243597. Paperbound, 128 pages, 7 x 10 in.