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| | BT Research - Battle of Berlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | In the wake of Operation Bagration in August 1944, the Eastern Front became relatively stable. |
 | | The three Soviet Fronts had altogether 2.5 million men (including 78,556 soldiers of the 1st Polish Army), 6,250 tanks, 7,500 aircraft, 41,600 artillery pieces and mortars, 3,255 truck-mounted Katyusha rocket launchers (nicknamed 'Stalin Organs'), and 95,383 motor vehicles, many manufactured in the USA. |
 | | On April 18, both Soviet Fronts made steady progress but Soviet losses were again substantial. |
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