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the last battle of the german army. when soviet tanks entered berlin, what happened in the battle of berlin?

2024-09-25

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when the second world war in europe was drawing to a close, the soviet army on the eastern front and the british and american allied forces on the western front had already entered germany and headed straight for berlin. all major cities in germany were bombed by the allied air force, and even berlin was no exception. before the soviet army attacked berlin, berlin had already been bombed to the point of being devastated...

the battle of berlin was the last organized resistance of the german army. hitler vowed to live and die with berlin in this battle. propaganda minister goebbels was still mobilizing the masses to fight back and give the soviet army a fatal blow to complete the final mission. however, it was too late. the german people were already tired of the war.

in the picture, a soviet is-2 heavy tank entered the outskirts of berlin, preparing to attack the city of berlin. the soviet army had proposed to march into berlin as early as the soviet counterattack, and now the soviet army finally got what it wanted.

battle of berlin begins

this battle lasted from april 16, 1945 until the surrender of germany. the soviet army had long been prepared to attack berlin and concentrated 2.5 million troops on the outer defense line of berlin, including the 1st ukrainian front, the 1st and 2nd belorussian fronts with as many as 270 divisions, as many as 20 tank armies, and 14 air force armies participating in the battle.