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4.2 - The Battle of Leipzig: The Americans Are Coming

4.2 - The Battle of Leipzig: The Americans Are Coming

Update: 2025-09-15
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April 1945: American forces, led by US V Corps, advance across central Germany, seeking to crush the Third Reich once and for all.



With Leipzig now clearly within the crosshairs of the Americans, the city's military and civil leadership panic over how exactly to defend Leipzig from the impending American attack…


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Cover photo: AP-Wirephoto

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4.2 - The Battle of Leipzig: The Americans Are Coming

4.2 - The Battle of Leipzig: The Americans Are Coming

David Sumner