(Friedrich Wilhelm III) – originally Gross Charlottenburg. Fort No. 5 was 215 meters long and 105 meters wide hexagon elongated along the front, which
(Friedrich Wilhelm III) – originally Gross Charlottenburg. Fort No. 5 was 215 meters long and 105 meters wide hexagon elongated along the front, which had brick, sand, concrete and earth flooring. The 20 meters wide and 5 meters deep moat was as a ditch on the approaches to it. The entrance was protected by a powerful concrete emplacement. The fort was surrounded by trees and shrubs for masking. Two casemates were adjoined the fort from the flanks for personnel sheltering and ammunition storage. The garrison located in the fort consisted of about 300 officers and soldiers armed with 8 guns, 25 mortars and 50 machine guns. Shortly before the city assault, from April 2 to 5, a battery of 280-millimeter guns was bombarding the fort. A special commission will later reveal 73 hits and only two holes. They appeared only where the group hit occurred. Among the Königsberg forts, the fifth one was holding the longest. On the morning of April 8, 280-millimeter guns was sent in the rear of the fort. The guns crew opened fire on the concrete emplacement at the fort entrance. The first shell hit the wall of the fort military barracks and broke it. Other seven shells hit the target. The shells did not break the concrete mass, but were able to split it. After a stubborn battle, the garrison of the fort capitulated. 15 soldiers of the Red Army were awarded the highest award - the Golden Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Their names are immortalized on a memorial stone.
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