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trial at Shopify.com slash setup. Hello and welcome to another episode of Battleground 45 covering the momentous events of 80 years ago with me Saul David and Roger Morehouse.

Today we're covering the horrific story of the Soviet offensive into East Prussia, which began on the 13th of January, 1945, and did not end until late April, though some German units refused to surrender

until well into May. And we should just add that there's a health warning to this episode.

There are quite graphic descriptions of sexual violence. Now, the centerpiece of the campaign was the Battle of

Konigsberg, the capital of East Prussia, known today as Leningrad, and still part of the Russian

Federation, I seem to remember, Roger. We'll come on to that. But first, to set the scene,

tell us why the Russians felt the need to capture East Prussia in the first place. It was, of course, the most easterly

pre-war German province instead of driving straight for Berlin. Yeah, as you say, I mean, it was the

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