"embattled Berlin" . "entering the outskirts of the city from the south and east" . "Battle of Berlin" . . . "2,108 artillery pieces" . . "Soviet Union" . "Battle of Berlin" . "the capture of Berlin" . . "*Suicide of Adolf Hitlerand deaths of other high-ranking Nazi officials" . "battle for Berlin" . . . "1,997 tanks and SPGs destroyed" . . "their invasion into the city" . "close in on the outskirts of Berlin" . . . "Berlin 1945" . "Battle for Berlin" . . "taken over by Russian forces" . "push toward Berlin" . . . "capturing Berlin in May 1945" . . "2,300,000 soldiers (155,900\u2013200,000" . . . . . . . . . "arrived" . . "capture the city" . "battles" . . . "war" . . . . . "overtook Berlin" . . . "Soviet bombardment of Berlin" . . "Berlin offensive" . "offensive to capture central Germany and Berlin" . . . . . . "what remained of Berlin" . . . . . . . . . "German mainland" . . . . . . . . "defence of Berlin" . "Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation" . . . . "taking of Berlin" . . . "the encircled German capital, Berlin" . . . . . . . . . "fell in 1945" . . . . "street fighting" . . . . . . "battle of Berlin" . . . "east" . "Berlin offensives" . . . "last weeks of World War II" . . . . . "Battle_of_Berlin" . . . "final assault on Berlin" . "northern theater of the Battle of Berlin" . "surrounded Berlin" . . . . "encircled Berlin" . . . "final months of the fighting" . . "occupying Berlin" . . . . "intense aerial bombing" . "81,116 dead or missing" . . "Soviet invasion" . . . "the Russians were invading Berlin" . . "capturing Berlin" . . . . . "Germany" . "capture of Berlin" . "battle of Oder-Neisse" . "captured Berlin" . . "attack" . . "Berlin strategic offensive" . "Cottbus-Potsdam Offensive Operation" . "approach Berlin" . . "last days of the war" . . . . . . "the capital of Nazi Germany" . . . "assault and capture" . . . . . "Berlin Offensive" . "Battles for Berlin" . "city fell" . . . . . "Allied bombing raid on Berlin" . . . . . . . "*Capitulation of German forces still fighting the battle outside Berlin on 8/9 May, following the unconditional surrender of all German forces" . . . "seized Berlin" . . "war-torn Berlin" . "1945-05-02" . "the battle" . . . . "advancing Soviets" . . "fall of the Third Reich" . . "Poland" . . . . . "conquest of Berlin" . . . . "battle for it" . . ")" . "the bombed-out centre of Berlin" . "Berlin itself" . "approaching Berlin" . . . "766,750 soldiers" . "stormed and captured Berlin" . . "6,250 tanks and SP guns" . . "Battle of Berlin" . "fighting around Berlin" . ":Battle of Berlin#South" . "final battle of the Second World War" . . . . . . . "German capitulation" . . "Berlin Operation" . . "into Berlin" . . "took possession" . . . "*Unconditional surrender of the Berlin city garrison on 2 May" . "invade Berlin" . . "Berlin operations" . . "Battle of Berlin#South" . . "Soviet Berlin offensive" . . . "the Battle of Berlin" . . "capitulation of Berlin" . "Soviet Union victory" . . "fall of" . . . "Fall of Berlin" . . . . "917 aircraft" . . . . "storming of Berlin" . "liberation of Berlin" . . . . . "intensely bloody battles" . . . "Siege of Berlin" . . "the by this time diminished mountain of rubble" . "Berlin offensive operation" . "*End of World War II in Europe" . "victory" . . . . . . . . "Berlin, fell to" . . . "Soviet assault" . "stormed the building" . . . . . . . . "stormed the Reichstag" . . . . "to capture Berlin" . . "Berlin reduced to rubble" . "fighting for control of nearby" . "the Soviets' final push towards Berlin" . "encircled" . "Soviet Capture of Berlin" . . "Berlin Strategic Offensive" . . "36 divisions" . "taking Berlin" . "Archival research" . . . . . . . . "7,500 aircraft" . "defending the city" . . . . . . . . "Total strength:" . . . . . "9,303 artillery pieces" . "Berlin 26 IV-2 V 1945" . . . . "final battle" . . . . "2,224 aircraft" . "the capture" . . "operation" . "For theinvestmentand assault on the Berlin Defence Area: about 1,500,000 soldiers" . . "Polish People's Army" . "defended Berlin" . . "1,519AFVs" . "siege of Berlin" . . . . "fell to the Soviets" . . . "advancing Soviet troops" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Berlin becoming a battlefield" . "offensive on Berlin" . . . . . . . "attacked Berlin" . . . . . "city's destruction" . "(operational total)" . "fall of Berlin" . "fight for the city" . "16 April" . . "Berlin" . . . "fought their way" . . "Berlin Offensive Operation" . . . "Storming of the Reichstag" . "took over Berlin" . . . . . . "the capital city Berlin was taken" . "Berlin operation" . . . . "280,251 sick or wounded" . "Battle_of_Berlin#Surrender" . "final assault" . . "final battle for Berlin" . . "assault on Berlin" . "surrounded by Soviet forces" . "their attack" . "encircling the city" . "storming Berlin" . "occupying forces in Berlin" . . . . "In the Berlin Defence Area: about 45,000 soldiers, supplemented by the police force,Hitler Youth, and 40,000 Volkssturm" . . . "post-war" . "traumatised residents" . "very large-scale bloody battle" . . . . . . . . "of the final battle" . "invasion of Berlin" . . "1945 battle of Berlin" . . "Berlin surrounded by the Red Army" . "fighting in Berlin in 1945" . . . . "41,600 artillery pieces." . . "final capture of Berlin" . "what was left" . . . . "its capture" . .