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I know the Soviets never made a concerted effort to liquidate the kessel because it was more expedient to bypass it and not risk so many casualties during the last days of the war (just as the WAllies bypassed the besieged Channel ports), but it seems like the encircled units had enough in the way of defensive positions, munitions, and manpower to put up a fairly stiff resistance had the war's end not compelled them to surrender. How long would they have been able to hold if the Soviet offensive on the Oder had been less successful and delayed the end of the war?
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