According to the data, on April 30, 1945, the Soviet army finally captured Berlin, Hitler was forced to commit suicide, Germany finally surrendered, as we all know, when the German army was defeated in World War II, it was only willing to surrender to the Allies in the west, but not to the Soviet army to the east. In order to seize the huge interests in Germany, the Soviet Union launched a campaign against Berlin in advance, known in history as the Battle of Berlin. At 5 a.m. on April 15, 1945, the Soviets began a onslaught on Berlin, when tens of thousands of Soviet artillery and mortars fired heavily at Berlin. According to statistics, in one day, the Soviets fired a total of 1.2 million shells, and the German outer defense line was completely destroyed by the powerful Soviet artillery fire. It was not until 18 April that the Soviets broke through the so-called Oder Line and dispatched about 2.5 million men, 6,000 tanks, and 7,000 warplanes to berlin. Hitler's birthday was on April 20, when he personally went to the garden of the Chancellery and awarded the Junior Stormtrooper Medal of Honor. He said to the young soldiers, "You must hold Berlin. ”
Soon after, Hitler returned to the bunker, where the Soviets were encircling Poland on three sides, and hitler learned of this news and ordered that all commanders who were stationary should be executed. However, no one obeyed his orders anymore, and even his most trusted air commanders, Goering and Himmler, turned away from him and privately negotiated surrender with the Allies. According to historical records, the city of Berlin was guarded by German SS units, and in order to inflict greater casualties on the Soviets, the Germans set up fortifications and fortifications in every alley, and even every window was a point of fire. The SS officers hid in every fortress and fortification, ready to attack the Soviet army entering the city, the Soviet army at that time was really not afraid of death, after entering the city, one by one rushed forward, without fear of death. In this campaign to conquer Berlin, the Soviets had to eliminate the German soldiers hiding in every corner until 26 April, when the Soviets launched an onslaught on Berlin. Soviet tanks destroyed all the buildings, and on April 30, the Soviets stormed Potsdamer Platz, not far from Hitler's Chancellery. By this time the city of Berlin was in ruins, fighting was raging everywhere, and Hitler was preparing for the wedding ceremony with Eva Braun in the bunker.
Soon after, the two committed suicide by taking medicine, and Hitler fired a shot at his temple with a gun. After 10 minutes, the guards carried hitler and Eva's bodies out of the bunker and poured gasoline on them and burned them. It was not until 21:50 on April 30 that the Soviet army raised the Soviet flag at the Reichstag in Berlin, declaring a complete occupation of Berlin. Shortly after the occupation of Berlin, Germany formally surrendered to the four great powers of the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France, and Marshal Zhukov of the Soviet Army presided over the surrender ceremony. What everyone should know is that the Soviet generals fought from Moscow to Berlin, Germany, and countless Soviet soldiers were killed, and all the Soviet officers and soldiers knew that the Battle of Berlin would be the last battle. No one wanted to die, but in this Battle of Berlin, 2.5 million Soviet soldiers braved death to attack Berlin, and the casualties were very heavy. So how heavy were the casualties when Stalin gave the order to capture Berlin? According to statistics, in the Battle of Berlin, the Soviet army suffered 300,000 casualties in 18 days, and General Eisenhower once said, "The Battle of Berlin will cause more than 100,000 Allied casualties, and it is precisely because of this that I ceded Berlin to the Soviet army." ”
The author believes that countless Soviet generals in the Battle of Berlin went forward and eventually captured Berlin, forcing the Germans to surrender, and Hitler was forced to commit suicide. This also announced the end of the European battlefield of World War II, all of which were bought with countless blood and lives of Soviet soldiers, and deserved the eternal respect of future generations. In addition, in fact, from here you can see the difference between the Allied and Soviet forces during World War II, the Allies promote people-oriented tactics, and are not willing to sacrifice too much to capture Berlin. However, the Soviet army used the tactic of man-sea, and although it captured Berlin, the casualties were too heavy for people to ponder.