"Soviet victory" . "280,000" . "* 120,000 captured" . . "The Battle of Halbe (German: Kessel von Halbe, Russian: \u0425\u0430\u043B\u044C\u0431\u0441\u043A\u0438\u0439 \u043A\u043E\u0442\u0451\u043B, Halbe pocket) lasted from April 24 \u2013 May 1, 1945 was a battle in which the German Ninth Army, under the command of Generaloberst Theodor Busse, was destroyed as a fighting force by the Red Army during the Battle for Berlin.The Ninth Army, trapped in a large pocket in the Spree Forest region south-east of Berlin, attempted to break out of the pocket westwards through the village of Halbe and the pine forests south of Berlin to link up with the German Twelfth Army commanded by General Walther Wenck with the intention of heading west and surrendering to the Western Allies. "@en . . "1945-05-01Z"^^ . . . "* 10,000 civilians killed" . . "* About 30,000 killed" . "Battle of Halbe"@en . "Germany" . . . . "210,000 (only 50,000 soldiers)" .