March 1945

Eastern Front

After a week of bad weather and brutal fighting the skies over East Prussia clear and the Red Air Force begins to pound the 4th Army. German resistance seems to slacken immediately as the air armies pulverize anything that moves. Under heavy attack, the VI Corps of the 4th Army requests permission to withdraw but is denied, even though it means the corps will likely be destroyed. The simple fact is there is nowhere to withdraw to. In Pomerania, Kolberg falls to the 1st Polish Army as Group Fullreide (Fullriede?) escapes to the west.