G
Griffinville
Gazette
RUSSIA INVADES GERMANY!
April 16, 1945 Seelow Heights -
e
Russian
Army
has
crossed
the
Oder
River
and
entered
Germany.
ey
appear
to
be
pushing
t
o
destroy
th
e
last
line
of
German
defenders
between
them and Berlin
.
Russian
tank
units
advanced
very
rapidly
across
western
Poland,
and
reached
the
Oder
at
the
end
of
March.
ey
now
sit
a
mere
70
km
from
Berlin.
It
app
ears
they
needed
to
wait
for
their
supply
line
to
catch
up.
Continued
German
resi
stance
to
the
north,
along
the
Baltic
coast
and
East
Prussia,
and
further
to
the
sou
th,
also
appear
to
be
holding.
i
s
m
o
r
n
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n
g
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h
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v
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b
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n
repeatedly
probed
by
Russian
infantry
forces
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w
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k
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p
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a
c
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m
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R
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a
u
l
t
i
s
about to begin.