256 pages with 184 illustrations, including 179 photos, 5 maps, and 8 aerial images. Author Jürgen Möller. Series: The End of the War in Central Germany 1945. About the book: This book is published as a revised and expanded new edition of the 2007 documentation "The Advance of the V. US Corps to the Saale and Unstrut and the Occupation of Naumburg in April 1945," and thematically connects to the book "The Battle for North Thuringia in April 1945." The book addresses the advance of the V. US Corps from North Thuringia to the Saale in the section of Schkopau, Merseburg, Leuna, Weissenfels, Naumburg, which initiated the final assault of the V. US Corps towards the Allied holding line at the Elbe and Mulde. The main focus here, alongside the occupation of the chemical weapons depot in Lossa, is on the city of Naumburg, which was occupied just a few days later due to the military facilities present in the city.