ttle or nothing the Wehrmacht could do to stop the Soviets from devastating East Prussia. The Red Army advanced day and night, flanking the Germans and attacking rear areas and supply lines. Soviet infantry and tankers were taking objectives before their generals could issue the orders for their capture.
             The offensive also unleashed the greatest mass migration of refugees in European history. By land and sea, Germans fled westward. Unmoved by the refugees' civilian status, Soviet airmen in Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik fighter-b
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