Gdańsk 1945 year described by the Germans.

The answer to this came from the headquarters of the Führer at night with 24 already 25 mark, on Palm Sunday: “Each square meter of Danzig/Gotenhafen is to be strongly defended.” This order of the Führer meant a death sentence for Gdańsk. Heavy artillery fire has fallen into the city, Dual -engine Russian bombers dropped explosive and incendiary bombs on narrow streets. A wall of smoke and fire with a height hovered over a few days over Gdańsk 4-5000 Metres. In the port, two ammunition steamers received artillery hits and burned under constant explosions. The port channel in Gdańsk was closed as a result of the sinking of a large ship after leaving it by all capable of maneuvering the unit. On the day 26 March also port devices in Gdynia were blown up or became unfit for use by sunk ships.
In Oxhöfter Kämpe near Gdynia, where Poles fought desperately until victory at the outbreak of World War II, The final battle of German troops in the Gdynia region has now been played. The advantage of Russian artillery was so great, that all resistance became in vain. In one night, the last remains of the troops in Oxhöft were moved to Hela. This part of the tragedy has been completed.
Fact, that the area of ​​the Danzig-Gotenhafen fortress was able to stay relatively long, It results not only from other instructions of the Russian Supreme Command, but above all from the use of a sea fleet in ground fight. Gdańsk-Gdynia was “sea ​​anti -aircraft shelter”, in which for many months German warships found almost undisturbed shelter. The fire in this area was very strong. It was now used to defend and had a devastating influence on Russian tanks. In mid -March Russian prisoners of 1 The guard body of the tanks informed me, that 17 The brigade set off from Heiderode z 35 tanks. At that time, each battalion still had 10-12 tanks (from the initial 20 tanks), But now their battalion only had 3 intact tanks, a 16 Brigade, which went forward with them, She was completely broken. Russian navy blue operators also reported with horror, that they have nothing as valuable, what they could use against German Flaks, which hit with incredible certainty.
The Navy has also intervened many times in the fighting around Sopot, Gdańsk and Gdynia. 15 March our staff received a report from the jacket, that it was launched until that day 5.600 bullets from the 12-cm section and 19.000 bullets from the 10.5-cm section.
The end of the fighting in the Danzig-Gotenhafen region and at the mouth of the Vistula looked as follows: After leaving the Oxhöfter Kämpe on the Hela Peninsula, there was about 80.000 do 100.000 people. Originally expected, that Soviet troops will try to get a peninsula in a massive attack and according to Russian prisoners this should take place by the end of March. In fact, however, the Russians did not attack, So when they gave up, All the Germans located there were captured by Soviet, except for a relatively small number of these, who managed to escape the sea on all kinds of small vehicles.
On the other hand, after the surrender of Gdańsk1) , German forces were focused between Haffa and the crossing through the Vistula. From there, refugees were transported by Sybel ferries and small fishing boats to Heli, where they were taken over by larger ships on external roads and transported to Denmark or Schleswik-Holstein. The soldiers themselves were taken prisoner during surrender.
Relations between NSDAP and its organizations on the one hand and the Wehrmacht on the other were tense. In the whispered slogans of NSDAP, it was tried to lose responsibility for losing war on “traitors” in the Wehrmacht, who allegedly sabotaged the Führer's plans. On the other hand, the bitterness of soldiers was growing due to the behavior of some leading characters in the party, which propagated outside “fight to the final victory” and considered everyone to be a traitor to the German nation, who doubted the final victory or tried to evade him to be imposed on him, And they didn't even think about giving a good example.