crossings. Aftermath The casualties on both sides were high. There are about 15,000 Germans buried in the Halbe Forest Cemetery (), making it the largest war cemetery in Germany from World War II. About 10,000 are unidentified soldiers killed during the first half of 1945. The Red Army claimed to have killed 60,000 German soldiers and taken 120,000 as prisoners. The number of prisoners is supported by some sources, while other sources consider it to be exaggerated. Thousands of Red Army soldiers died trying to stop the breakout, most being buried at the Sowjetische Ehrenfriedhof Baruth/Mark cemetery (de) next to the Baruth–Zossen road (Bundesstraße 96). These are the known dead, but the remains of more who died in the battle are found every year, so the total will never be known. Nobody knows how many civilians died, but it could have been as high as 10,000. Formations involved in the battle Soviet Union Ground Forces 1st Belorussian Front – Marshal Georgy Zhukov 3rd Army – Colonel General Alexander Gorbatov 69th Army – Colonel General Vladimir Kolpakchi 33rd Army – Colonel General Vyacheslav Tsvetayev 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps – Lieutenant General Vladimir Kryukov 1st Ukrainian Front – Marshal Ivan Konev 3rd Guards Army – Colonel General Vasily Gordov 13th Army – Colonel General Nikolai Pukhov 28th Army – Lieutenant General Alexander Luchinsky 3rd Guards Tank Army – Colonel General Pavel Rybalko 4th Guards Tank Army – Colonel General Dmitry Lelyushenko Air Forces – Chief Marshal of Aviation Alexander Novikov 2nd Air Army – Colonel General Stepan Krasovsky 16th Air Army – Colonel General Sergei Rudenko 18th Air Army – Air Vice Marshal Alexander Golovanov Germany Ninth Army – General Theodor Busse XI SS Panzer Corps – SS-General Matthias Kleinheisterkamp V SS Mountain Corps – SS-General Friedrich Jeckeln V Army Corps – General Dr. Ing. Kurt Wäger Army Support Troops 21st Panzer Division 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" Twelfth Army – General Walther Wenck XX Corps – General Carl-Erik Koehler XXXIX Panzer Corps – Lieutenant General Karl Arndt XXXXI Panzer Corps – Lieutenant General Rudolf Holste XXXXVIII Panzer Corps – General Maximilian von Edelsheim References Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Conflicts in 1945 1945 in Germany Battles involving Poland Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War 20th century in Brandenburg Battles in Brandenburg Battles of World War II involving Germany Battle of Berlin April 1945 events in Europe May 1945 events in Europe