The Battle of Berlin was the final major offensive of the European theatre of the Second World War, in which the Soviet Red Army encircled and captured the German capital. Marshals Georgy Zhukov, Ivan Konev and Konstantin Rokossovsky commanded the attack, which began with breakthroughs at the Seelow Heights and the Neisse River and ended with street fighting in the city, with the Reichstag stormed on 30 April. German defenders included regular troops, Hitler Youth and the Volkssturm militia. The fighting killed large numbers of soldiers and civilians. Hitler committed suicide in his bunker, and General Helmuth Weidling surrendered the city. Germany's capitulation followed a few days later.
Before and after
- 28 March 1945Birth of Rodrigo Duterte
- from 2 April 1945 to 13 April 1945Vienna offensive
- 7 April 1945Operation Ten-Go
- 12 April 1945Death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- from 16 April 1945 to 2 May 1945Battle of Berlin
- 18 April 1945Ruhr Pocket
- 28 April 1945Death of Benito Mussolini
- from 30 April 1945 to 2 May 1945Race for Trieste
- 30 April 1945Death of Adolf Hitler
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