"All nations are conquered, and the beacon is covered with mountains." The change of regime, the change of times and the change of countries, is usually accompanied by war. Whenever war breaks out, studying abroad and the loss of life is always inevitable. Countless people, in the fiery flames of war, have forever lost the opportunity to open their eyes again and welcome the arrival of a new life.
"Whoever kills, he kills." Once the times are in chaos, then as a member of this era, no one can avoid the fate of being caught up in the chaos. The moment you throw yourself into the war with a weapon in your hand means that you have put your life and death on the line, and the moment you kill, your life is suspended on the tip of the knife.
As world war II continued to develop, the Axis powers gradually became weaker. In the midst of the war, the German soldiers, who were deeply involved in imperialism, were still fighting bloody battles for the ideals of imperialism until the end. Therefore, both sides, aware of the significance of this battle, have made great efforts in the battle, with the will to die.
Background to the war
"[The Battle of Berlin] was the last strategic offensive campaign carried out by the Soviets." During World War II, countless otherwise peaceful countries were forced to join the war. The whole world, being heated at an extremely fast rate, is turning red. The blazing flames of war, in order to destroy the power of decay, devoured the lives of a large number of people.
The Soviets captured Berlin, Germany, marking the end of World War II. After the successful Capture of Berlin, Germany by the Soviet Union, the leading figure in World War II, German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, chose to commit suicide in the "basement of the Chancellery." Soon, Germany signed the Instrument of Unconditional Surrender on May 9, 1945.
Three months later, in order to end World War II as soon as possible and reduce casualties and losses in all aspects, the United States dropped an atomic bomb called "Little Boy" on Japan. The Japanese people, who had slaughtered wantonly on the land of other countries, had suffered great harm. Just three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, the United States dropped an atomic bomb called "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan.
After considering all parties, Japan finally chose to surrender unconditionally on August 15. When Japan signed the Instrument of Unconditional Surrender on September 2, World War II ended. From the entire marching process of World War II, it is not difficult to see that the capture of Berlin, Germany by the Soviet Red Army was a key turning point in the end stage of World War II.
In fact, although the capture of Berlin was supposed to be completed jointly by the American Army and the Red Army according to the prior plan, the American general Dwight David Esenhower deliberately slowed down the troops, taking into account casualties and other reasons.
After the war, Eisenhower said that the main reason he ceded Berlin to the Red Army was that "the Battle of Berlin would cost the Allies at least 100,000 soldiers in their lives." ”
The fierce battle situation in the Battle of Berlin proved to some extent that Eisenhower had chosen. As the capital and largest city of Germany, Berlin undoubtedly had great significance for the German army. In the case of no retreat, almost everyone's will to fight has been exerted to the extreme.
And for the Soviet Red Army, which was forced to be pulled into this war melting pot by the German army, in order to end the battle as soon as possible, in order to repay the hatred of countless compatriots who died in the war, the Soviet Red Army also repaid the will to die in battle.
Battle of Berlin
"Almost one in two Germans was captured by the Soviets." Due to the special significance of the Battle of Berlin, in addition to the fact that the German army had no way to retreat, it insisted on the battlefield and delayed the war, which was that after the American, British, and French allies arrived in the Berlin area, they used the conflict of interests to cause conflicts between the American, British, French, and Red Army, and thus let Germany seek more interests after the defeat.
However, the red army's strong combat capabilities and the protection of its own personnel by the American army made this German attempt ultimately unsuccessful. In this battle, which lasted less than a month, both the German army and the Red Army suffered heavy casualties. After the war, the number of German casualties surrendered was as high as 400,000, while the number of casualties of the Red Army reached as high as 350,000.
At the beginning of the war, the Red Army, which understood the german plot and understood that the war must be won as soon as possible, made full preparations. At that time, the Red Army concentrated a total of 2.5 million troops in the "1st and 2nd Fronts of Belarus and the 1st Ukrainian Front".
In addition to the standard formation of the troops and various resources, the three fronts were equipped with "2450 aircraft, 14200 artillery pieces, 1500 tanks and self-propelled guns." ”
The huge investment of resources is enough to witness the importance that the Soviet side attaches to this battle. Compared with the Red Army, the German army, although not superior in number of personnel, was equally well equipped in terms of armament.
Because it was an away battle, and the combat site itself was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Soviet Red Army adopted the method of "first dividing and then annihilating each" after comprehensive consideration, and in the actual combat process, this method successfully helped the Soviet Red Army to achieve the final victory.
Capture Congress
"In the battle for Berlin, the Red Army also planted the red flag on the Reichstag as a symbol of the final victory over Hitler." In the fight for the Reichstag, the German army and the Soviet Red Army fought a very fierce battle.
Because the Reichstag in Germany was used as a military fortification by Hitler during World War II, the attack on the Reichstag was very difficult. At that time, two of the four corner towers of the Reichstag were converted into anti-aircraft gun bunkers, and the windows of the building were all welded, turning the building into a military bunker.
In addition to the offensive ability, because the basement of the building was transformed into a field hospital, the building also has a certain ability to recuperate. In addition to its practical combat uses, the Capitol itself has a strong political symbol. The original "Reichstag arson was a symbol of the beginning of Hitler's criminal reign", so the Reichstag was crucial for both militaries.
Because of the image of the Capitol in the hearts of both sides, both sides have done everything in their power to compete for the Capitol. The war was fierce, when the garrison command in Berlin, Germany, deployed the most elite SS troops in the Reichstag, while the Red Army attacked the Reichstag with the "3rd Assault Army of the 1st Belorussian Front and the 8th Guards Army".
The war began on April 28th, and during the war, all kinds of weapons and ammunition were pouring out wildly, and when it reached later, the two sides even fell into hand-to-hand combat. The battle lasted until the night of the 29th, when almost all the German troops were killed, and only then did the Red Army capture the Reichstag.
After the end of the war to capture the Reichstag, in order to vent their joy and anger at the German army, the Soviet Red Army carved many messages on the stone walls of the Reichstag. Later, after the end of World War II, after comprehensive consideration, the Bundestag decided to keep all this and take pictures and record them" "as a permanent material." ”
Afterwards, when the Soviet veterans who had participated in the war recalled the war, they said with great emotion that in this war, the barbarism of the soldiers on both sides had never been seen before.
brief summary:
"Fight with war, but war can also be fought." At a time when the Axis powers were waging blatant wars for their own interests, and in order to defend their countries and peoples, a large number of patriots emerged in many countries. Although these people also took up arms and threw themselves into battle like the invaders, the patriots had different goals than the invaders.
As the last battle between the Soviet Union and Germany in World War II, the battle for the Reichstag was extremely fierce. The Red Army of the Soviet Union attacked frantically in order to achieve victory in the war as soon as possible, while the German army also fought in blood in order to delay time and defend the dignity of the country to the death.
Because the war was too fierce, afterwards, when the veterans of the Soviet Union recalled, they could not help but sigh that the barbarism of the war was unprecedented in their own.