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Berlin 1945: How the war ended for the men who fought it

As the Red Army closed in on Berlin in the spring of 1945, the war became a collapse rather than a battlefield. This final chapter follows one young Waffen-SS soldier through the city’s last days, ...
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Inside the Ranks When the Order Came: Hold Berlin at All Costs

In April 1945, as the Red Army closed in on Berlin, German soldiers and civilians were given a final, brutal[...] ...
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Berlin 1945: The end came like a tidal wave

In the spring of 1945, Berlin faced an assault unlike anything in its history as Soviet forces closed in from multiple ...
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Berlin 1945,World War II: Photos of the Aftermath

Michael Brettin and Peter Kroh, trans. from the German by Cindy Opitz. Berlinica (IPS, dist.), $25.95 (220p) ISBN 978-1-935902-02-7 Somber and sobering, the images in this black-and-white collection ...
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FSB declassifies Hitler aide’s testimony how Red Army rescued Allies in Ardennes in 1945

Hitler's former adjutant Otto Guensche was captured during the battle of Berlin in April-May 1945 and, while being kept in custody in an investigative prison in Moscow, presented a firsthand account ...