The "Fall X" - The Conquest of West-Berlin

Skybird · 08-12-10, 03:11 AM

If you live in an area where you can receive German third regional TV Channel RBB, today, Thursday, at 2245 there is a promising docu, which later is planned to be published on DVD also. It is about the GDR's detailed plans on how to take Berlin in one swift, deceisive attack in case of a war with NATO - and in around just half a day.

German
http://www.welt.de/kultur/history/ar...st-Berlin.html

Heart of the plan was to immediately take control of a key bridge that leads one of berlin's greatest and most vital traffic alleys over the city's Stadtautobahn. When this bridge (8 lanes plus 2 parking lanes) would have been beyond Allied control, French, British and American forces would not have been able to form one united strong fighting force in time (The American garrison sat in the south, the French garrison in the North and the British isolated and somewhat exposed on the other side of the river Havel in the West, lovely countryside that is). For Google Earthlings, check here: 52°30'36.55"N, 13°17'8.16"E.

The other major objective would have been, obviously, the two airports Tegel and Tempelhof, and the airfield in Gatow - to not allow again air-supply of the city. the GDR maintained an air assault regiment whose only objective was just this.

The planning began relatively late in 1969, but still was maintained in regular updates for the masterplan in 1985. Last big military exercises that were run especially with the purprose to train the assault on West Berlin were conducted 1988. The GDR planned to breach the wall at 59 locations simultaneously. Intelligence operations also had detailed plans for the time after the guarding Allied troops had been overwhelmed, to make sure that decision makers, heads of instititutions and any people who could potentially organise resistence, would be arrested or killed at the very beginning. The attack lanes for storming the citiy had been precisely documented on films shot by GDR "tourists".

Estimations for how long the Allies could have resisted and survived, are in the range of 6-8 hours, half a day. This estimation I have heared before, too, not just in the article.

"Der Fall X", channel RBB, Thursday 2245 local time.

08-12-10, 03:11 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,654 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The "Fall X" - The Conquest of West-Berlin If you live in an area where you can receive German third regional TV Channel RBB, today, Thursday, at 2245 there is a promising docu, which later is planned to be published on DVD also. It is about the GDR's detailed plans on how to take Berlin in one swift, deceisive attack in case of a war with NATO - and in around just half a day. German http://www.welt.de/kultur/history/ar...st-Berlin.html Heart of the plan was to immediately take control of a key bridge that leads one of berlin's greatest and most vital traffic alleys over the city's Stadtautobahn. When this bridge (8 lanes plus 2 parking lanes) would have been beyond Allied control, French, British and American forces would not have been able to form one united strong fighting force in time (The American garrison sat in the south, the French garrison in the North and the British isolated and somewhat exposed on the other side of the river Havel in the West, lovely countryside that is). For Google Earthlings, check here: 52°30'36.55"N, 13°17'8.16"E. The other major objective would have been, obviously, the two airports Tegel and Tempelhof, and the airfield in Gatow - to not allow again air-supply of the city. the GDR maintained an air assault regiment whose only objective was just this. The planning began relatively late in 1969, but still was maintained in regular updates for the masterplan in 1985. Last big military exercises that were run especially with the purprose to train the assault on West Berlin were conducted 1988. The GDR planned to breach the wall at 59 locations simultaneously. Intelligence operations also had detailed plans for the time after the guarding Allied troops had been overwhelmed, to make sure that decision makers, heads of instititutions and any people who could potentially organise resistence, would be arrested or killed at the very beginning. The attack lanes for storming the citiy had been precisely documented on films shot by GDR "tourists". Estimations for how long the Allies could have resisted and survived, are in the range of 6-8 hours, half a day. This estimation I have heared before, too, not just in the article. "Der Fall X", channel RBB, Thursday 2245 local time. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.