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== Prelude == On April 16, the [[Red Army]] started the [[Battle of Berlin]] with a three [[Soviet Fronts in World War II|Front]] attack across the [[Oder-Neisse line]]. By April 21, it had broken through the German front line in two places and had started to surround Berlin. The German Ninth Army covered the defenses of the [[Battle of the Seelow Heights|Seelow Heights]] against Marshal [[Zhukov]]'s [[1st Belorussian Front]], but its position was unhinged by the successful attack of Marshal [[Ivan Konev]]'s [[1st Ukrainian Front]] (against [[Army Group Centre]]) on the Neisse. By April 20, the Ninth Army retreated south-east of Berlin, opening the way for the 1st Belorussian Front.{{sfn|Ziemke|1969|pp=476β477}} Because of the high speed of the advance of Konev's forces, the Ninth Army was now threatened with envelopment by the two Soviet pincers that were heading for Berlin from the south and east. The southern pincer consisted of the [[3rd Guards Tank Army|3rd]] and [[4th Guards Tank Army|4th]] Guards Tank Armies which had penetrated the furthest and had already cut through the area behind the Ninth Army's front lines.{{sfn|Ziemke|1969|pp=476β477}}
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