On 20 April 1945, Hitler's birthday, the 1st Belorussian Front led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov, advancing from the east and north, started shelling Berlin's city centre, while Marshal Ivan Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front broke through Army Group Centre and advanced towards the southern suburbs of Berlin.

Battle of Berlin, one of the final battles of World War II. It took place from April 20 to May 2, 1945, and it ended with the fall of Berlin, the capital of the Third Reich, to the Soviet Red Army, which took revenge for the suffering of the Soviet people since 1941.

2023年12月12日 · German civilians fleeing the Soviets, Berlin 1945. Pictures of the aftermath usually don’t include shots of the wounded, but this nicely captures the reality of what the war did to those who survived.

2020年5月8日 · After nearly four years of intense fighting, Soviet forces finally launched their assault on Berlin on 16 April 1945. Nazi Germany had invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 and killed an...

2011年3月10日 · Discover why Stalin hurried to take Berlin ahead of his allies in 1945. What did the risk cost him, and how many soliders died as a result?

2020年5月13日 · At the beginning of April 1945, the Soviet forces had Berlin in their sights. A force was assembled in the small bridgehead on the west bank of the Oder near Küstrin. Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front was preparing to attack the Seelow Heights, the last natural line of defence before the German capital.

2017年9月23日 · In the spring of 1945, two Russian armies were approaching the German capital. Marshals Ivan Koniev and Georgii Zhukov both wanted the honor of taking the city. Stalin let them compete to show off their skills.

On April 16, 1945 the final assault on Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich began as Soviet Red Army forces attacked towards Berlin from the east.

2020年5月7日 · In May 1945, the Red Army barreled into Berlin and captured the city, the final step in defeating the Third Reich and ending World War II in Europe. In one of the war’s most iconic images,...

On 23 April 1945, the first Soviet ground forces started to penetrate the outer suburbs of Berlin. By 27 April, Berlin was completely cut off from the outside world. The battle in the city continued until 2 May 1945.