The “Battle of Berlin” heralded the finish regarding the Second World War into the European theater. This major unpleasant launched by the Soviet Red Army, after moving the German defensive lines on Oder River, moved directly to the administrative centre of this Third Reich. The city itself was defended by Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, “Hitlerjugend” and “Volkssturm” soldiers, and had been the setting for the last and a lot of tough clashes for the war. The Soviet forces, led by Marshal Zukov and Marshal Konev, with an overwhelming superiority of soldiers, vehicles and artillery, forced the surrender and capitulation regarding the town may 2, 1945. The Reichstag building, chair associated with Reich parliament, had a large symbolic value and had been the phase for the final acts regarding the conflict in Europe. The Red Army soldier raising the Soviet flag in the ruins regarding the Reichstag by the end regarding the battle of Berlin, is one of the most iconic pictures for the Second World War.
