The Red Army finally fought the local Drinking Mavistua River, the boundary river between Germany and Poland. From the Vistula River to the Oder River, you can directly penetrate Berlin, the heart of Nazi Germany.

Destroy the country and the sacrificial sacrifice

1945 was the last year of World War II , and it was also the fourth year of Soviet-German War . After three and a half years of arduous battles. Red Army finally played out the local drinking horse Vistula , which is the boundary river between Germany and Poland . From the Vistu River to the Oder River , you can directly insert the heart of Nazi Germany - Berlin . From Stalin to ordinary Red Army soldiers, they are extremely eager for this moment of revenge. After paying so much blood and sweat, the Red Army would never hand over the supreme honor of conquering Berlin and destroying the Nazis to the Western Allies. In terms of reason and emotion, the Red Army had extremely firm beliefs and advanced towards the capital of the enemy country, completing the destruction of Nazi Germany.

Soviet tank troops are gathering

Germans are also unswerving. At this moment, the Germans guarding Berlin are either old people or crazy people. The most fanatical Nazis were fighting to the last moment with the idea of ​​dying together. Ordinary Germans also know that if they fall into , Russians will not have good fruits to eat. In recent years, they have heard of the German army on the Eastern Front who committed unscrupulous atrocities in the Soviet Union and even experienced them personally. Now the Russians are revenge.

From the Vistu River to the Ode River

In January 1945, the Red Army launched the Vistu River Battle and successfully advanced the front line to the Danze Ode River. At the end of March 1944, the Red Army was from north to south, including the Rokosovsky , the 2nd Belarusian Front, the 1st Belarusian Front, and the 1st Ukrainian Front, the 1st Belarusian Front, and the 1st Marshal Konev. The Allies in the west passed the Rhine and also entered the German mainland. Since 1944, Germany's military production has finally reached its peak, but this moment has come too late. In Poland, Hungary , East Prussia , and East Prussia , the German army was defeated all the way, and even the previous high exchange ratio battle could not be fought. At this time, a German army's ordinary division could only meet the configuration of 8,000 people. artillery and armored troops were only 70% of the early stages of the war. What's worse was that the oil fields of Romania were occupied. The troops lack oil and dare not make large-scale maneuvers, and the oil and stockpiled in 44 years were squandered because of Arden's failure in counterattack. The Germans knew they could not last for 45 years.

Martyr Zhukov

Before the battle began, Stalin recalled three commanders of the Front Army to Moscow. The three generals were inspired by clever words. Zhukov, in the east of Berlin, is the closest to Berlin and has the largest number of people. Of course he didn't want this honor to be shared by two other comrades. Finally, the Supreme Command decided to launch the Berlin Battle on April 16, and Rokosovsky and Konev's troops would then support Zhukov on the front.

preparations for the Red Army

Berlin is a giant city with a population of more than 3 million. The Red Army had no experience in conquering such a big city before. Although the Germans still fought with trapped beasts, they still concentrated 800,000 to 1 million troops to defend the city.

Although the Russians were extremely eager to take the city early, they still made a lot of preparations. The three fronts on the front of Berlin have a total of 2.5 million (including 2.06 million combat troops, including 150,000 Polish Volunteers), self-propelled artillery and tanks , 41,600 artillery mortar . 7,500 combat aircraft. The German army has 1 million defensive troops, 760,000 combat troops, 1,519 tanks and self-propelled artillery, 9,300 artillery and self-propelled artillery, and their numbers and equipment are at an absolute disadvantage.

Berlin Battle Map

April 1st, the main force of the 1st Front of Belarus in the north was still in Danze, 500 kilometers away from the starting position of the battle. The main force of the Ukrainian 1st Front Army to the south is 350 kilometers away from Berlin in , Silesia, . There are also huge amounts of supplies and ammunition and drug distribution, and the allocation of materials must be completed within 15 days and the movement of combat troops. Objectively speaking, there is a bit of haste in 15 days.

The Soviet army also considered the danger of the next battle. Large-scale professional support operations were carried out before the battle began. reconnaissance aircraft conducted 6 aviation reconnaissances on Berlin, all attack points and defense areas. Detailed plans, maps and manuals were developed and distributed to the commander.The Engineer of the 1st Front of Belarus has built 25 ferry bridges and 40 temporary ferries in the Ode River. The 1st Front of Ukraine prepared 2,440 engineers' crafts and a 1,000-meter-long wooden bridge. Grassroots combat units also conducted special training for river crossing, street fighting and night fighting.

The front of Berlin is Zhukov's 1st Belarusian Front. The front of the attack was 35 to 44 kilometers wide, and Zhukov prepared very thick troops. He prepared 1.5 to 2.5 divisions, 250 various artillery and 30 tanks for each kilometer of breakthrough surface.

Although time is too hasty, all the soldiers are ready to go. They are very motivated and can't wait to cross the Oder River and destroy the Nazi nest.

Zelov Heights

0 Berlin in April was already in danger. The former Nazi senior officials such as Himmler and Goring left without thinking about staying for a moment after the Prime Minister's Office. Other senior officials are also persuading Hitler to leave Berlin quickly, but Hitler said he would live and die with Berlin. The most urgent task is to arrange a suitable commander for the Battle of Berlin.

The person who was ordered to defend the Berlin gate was General Heinrich. He is the second only to Model in the German army. Now he must stick to the east gate of Berlin to resist the offensive of Zhukov's million-dollar Soviet army. At this time, the German army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength, firepower and combat quality, and it was not as supplemented as Model back then. The situation Heinrich faces is much worse than the situation in the old senior Model , Lezhev, more than two years ago.

Gothard Heinrich

But as a rigorous Prussian officer must seize every opportunity to sluggish the attack of the Red Army. Berlin has three circular defense lines (outer, inner and urban areas) and 9 defense areas. Among them, the defense from the city to the Zerov Highlands is the strongest. So in the end Heinrich turned his attention to the Zelov Heights east of Berlin. The Zelov Heights is a highland in eastern Berlin, facing the main landing ground of the First Front of Belarus.

German commander

Heinrich commanded the "Viswa" army to set up three defense lines in the Zelov Hellov Highlands, focusing on the second line of defense where the highlands are located, and a large number of anti-tank trenches, minefields and deer forts were placed, and the gates were opened to release water to submerge the lower part of the highlands, causing a piece of mud. To this extent, both sides have already known themselves and their enemies. Heinrich knew that once the Soviet army started fighting, it would definitely use firepower to saturate the front line. At this time, the German army on the front line had no hope of survival and had to withdraw personnel to the second-line high ground position before the artillery fire came. However, we must not withdraw the troops too much in advance, as this will cause the defensive positions on the landing field to be lost too early, causing the German army to fail to make tiered resistance.

Therefore, it is very important to infer that the Soviet army's attack time is very important. Generally speaking, the preparation time for a large-scale attack by the Soviet army will take at least more than 20 days. However, since the Soviet army stopped on April 1, Heinrichri obviously felt that the Soviet army's dispatch this time was more dense, and with a variety of intelligence, the captive Soviet officers and soldiers gave confessions. Heinrich judged that in order to capture Berlin as soon as possible, the Soviet army would end its preparations for an attack in advance, and the time was around April 16. The defensive master calculated the last date of the Soviet army's attack. On the night of the 15th, he secretly removed the German army from the front positions.

Soviet artillery preparations

14 7.30, after a burst of artillery fire attack, the early fire reconnaissance began. The German army had long understood the Soviet army's offensive routines, and they still needed to wait quietly.

Soviet army's Katyusha rocket artillery fire preparation

16, the imposing Soviet army began to attack. First, the bombing of the Soviet air force. Then came the artillery fire preparation. The firepower preparations for this batch were too sufficient, and the land near the landing ground was destroyed. In addition, the humid climate in early spring, the German army had previously blown up the dam. The land on the landing site was sparse and muddy, causing great trouble to the subsequent impact of infantry and tanks. In addition, Zhukov ingeniously used 143 searchlights to illuminate the landing ground, and the white lights shining with thick smoke, confusing the soldiers on the front line.Many people lost their way. Due to the large number of troops who were logged in later, and the roads were muddy, the only few roads were actually traffic jams. When the Soviet army entered the first position, more than 1,000 German artillery from the Zerov Heights had already targeted them. The ruthless artillery fire engulfed the first charge soldiers.

German artillery counterattack

commands a frontal breakthrough battle. Heroes of Stalingrad Battle Cui Kov . The 8th Army unit he led rushed straight to the German positions after artillery fire preparations. However, the Soviet army did not expect that their massive firepower preparations would not cause any damage to the German army. The German army on the front line had quietly moved to the rear on the night of the 15th. Soon the German army returned from the second line position, blocking the Soviet attack from all directions and using artillery to cause great damage to the advancement of the Soviet infantry.

The cunning Heinrich will also withdraw the front line of troops again during the fire preparation gap between the Soviet infantry retreating, so that the second preparation firepower will return ineffective. Some troops finally arrived at the Haupt Canal under the Zerov Highway and the Soviet army discovered it. A few days ago, the German army cleared the river channel and deepened the cliffs on the river bank. This led to many tanks not being able to drive over directly. It was only a few kilometers until noon that Cuikov's troops were fighting countless anti-tankres and trenches along the way.

German army dug a large number of trenches

Zerov Highland became a meat grinder, causing more than 200,000 casualties in the 1st Front of Belarus in just 4 days. How terrifying is this casualty? Compare a battle that we Chinese are familiar with. Huaihai Battle is the most casualty battle of the People's Liberation Army. In the entire 66-day battle, Nakano Huaye suffered a total of 136,000 casualties. Heinrich, a 2-fold number, was done in 4 days. The front width of the German defense was only 30 kilometers, with a depth of less than 20 kilometers. The bodies of the Soviet and Germans, the armor fragments of the smoke tank after the ammunition explosion and the charred soil repeatedly turned over by shells, the Zerov Highlands became a purgatory on earth. German veteran Carterness recalled after the war:

"Looking at the burning tanks, burning corpses, broken limbs and broken arms that were blown, and the wounded were howling in pain in the blood of the sea of ​​corpses. The wounded enemy soldiers who were unwilling to retreat were still holding their blown limbs and broken arms in a daze in the sea of ​​corpses."

Punishment Battalion

16 On the 16th, Stalin questioned Zhukov why he was progressing so slowly. It also implies that the final main attack on Berlin will be led by Marshal Konev in the south. Zhukov was deprived of the honor of not allowing the capture of Berlin. The Soviet army rarely offered punishment camps during the attack. Those who were unfavorable to the attack would be deprived of honor and sent to the punishment camps for the most dangerous tasks, and they would be sent to the labor camps after the war. Starting from the 17th, the Soviet army's offense became crazy, unlike the wave-like attacks, but the attacks day and night like typhoon . Marshal Konev, to the south, was also not going well, and it took him five days to cross the Nice River from southeast of Berlin. The two marshals from the north and the south were both delayed by the German army for a period of time when crossing the river. Although the Soviet army had lost 250,000 people before it could touch the city of Berlin and scrapped 747 tanks.

One force reduces ten tricks. Under the blow of absolute power, Heinrich has no good solution. Compared with the huge casualties of the Soviet army, 30,000 German casualties were considered a very excellent result. But war is not a battle to compete with the losses. The Soviet army, which suffered heavy casualties, finally captured the Zerov Highlands, and there was no barrier in front of Berlin.

The current Zerov Heights still stand with statues of the Red Army. The Soviet army's monument is now being pushed down in many Eastern European countries, but it is as calm as before in the original "old nest" of the Nazis.

The difficult way forward

4.20 is Hitler's birthday, and the Red Army's birthday is a violent shelling of Berlin city. At this time, Hitler, who was in the bunker, knew that the Red Army was only more than 20 kilometers away from the city center.

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Hitler was crazy. He kept fantasizing about a picture where the German army would fight back in the Berlin Jedi. Since the inferior Slavs can hit Berlin, why can't the noble Germans push back? At this time, US President Roosevelt died of illness, and this news made Hitler excited.

Propaganda Minister Goebbels kept boasting to everyone that Roosevelt's death was a great turning point. "The Red Army will fight against the Allies and become enemies. The Third Reich Congress ushers in an epic-level reversal like Emperor Peitlie." (Author's note: Goebbels quoted here that during the 18th century, when the Seven Years War, Tsarist Russian attacked near Berlin, and the Prussian king Petrel 2 was almost desperate to commit suicide. But at this time, the Russian queen died of illness, and the new Tsar Peter III admired the Prussian king and retreated his troops with Prussia, and Prussia ushered in a reversal)

But as time went by, the Red Army was getting closer and closer to the heart of the Nazis. The Western Allies did not give up on the attack either. This imagined ending was shattered.

On April 26, the Soviet army officially advanced to the center of Berlin. The Soviet army formed a powerful attack team with infantry, tanks, artillery soldiers who were aiming and shooting directly, and engineers equipped with explosives. Extract more than 300 blocks of Berlin one by one. This team battle combination was born from Stalingrad blood and fire, and now he doubled the power of destruction to the Nazis. At this time, many garrison forces in Berlin City were young people who had just got guns, and were not rivals of the Red Army who had been through the battlefield.

The battle in the city was in fierce development at this time, but the Nazi punishment troops shot the "coward" in the city. Citizens who lack food hid in underground bunkers waiting for the arrival of that moment of fall.

Berlin Street Fighting

After the Soviet army in the main attack direction enters the city, Konev's troops also rushed in from the south. The absolute power formed by the two troops was much more relaxed than fighting in the Zerov Heights at the beginning of the war. After a lot of firepower was discounted due to city streets and perspective restrictions, but the Soviet army suffered much less casualties and firepower losses than before. Berlin Street Fighting Belarus' 1st Front lost more than 100 tanks, and they lost more than 700 when conquering the Zerov Heights.

Soviet army used large-caliber artillery in street battles

Red Army was advancing, and no one wanted to fall before victory. But as the progress deepened, the German army's resistance became stronger and stronger. What remains at this moment are absolutely loyal Nazis, and there are many non-German Nazis. Berlin is becoming more and more like Stalingrad, but the defensive side becomes a German. Soldiers fought fiercely within each building.

Berlin's streets are covered with countless craters and have become no different from the surface of the moon.

Nazis destroyed

On April 30, the Soviet army rushed to the German Parliament Square. This is the symbol of the Nazi evil ideology . Currently, the SS foreign legion is guarding the garrison building. For the Soviets, the sinful SS had no option to surrender. They also do not want these people to receive mercy from the Russians. Battles are taking place in every corner of the Capitol . One room to another, each room becomes a fortress. The corridors, stairs, and compartments are filled with corpses of both sides of the battle.

At 9 pm, the Soviet army captured the Capitol, and soldier Abdulhakim Ismerov raised a red flag symbolizing victory on the roof of the Capitol. On the same day, Hitler and his wife Eva committed suicide. The Nazi Propaganda Minister then collaborated with his wife and six children to commit suicide. On May 2, the commander of the Berlin garrison troops, Vitrin, announced his surrender, and the garrison troops surrendered one after another. The smoke of Berlin slowly dissipated, but the battle in some streets lasted for a week. From the Soviet army crossing the Ode River to the center of Berlin, the Soviet army paid a 360,000 mansion with a 60-kilometer journey, with 400,000 casualties in the German army. Basically, it takes 10,000 people to go 1 kilometer.The final path of destruction of the fascism was forged with blood by the Red Army.

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Both the Soviet Union and Germany paid the price of unprecedented or unparalleled successors. 26.8 million people died in the Soviet Union, 65 million casualties, of which 10 million soldiers died. The German army suffered 13 million casualties and 5 million soldiers died. Belarus died 1/4 of the population, Ukraine and Russia nearly 1/5 of the population died. Most of the deceased were young and middle-aged men.

The two countries exhausted all male citizens of this age from 1918 to 1925, resulting in many male-dominated jobs in both countries for a long time after the war. Soviet Marshal Akhromeev recalled.

"It was so cold at that time, so many people died. Eight out of ten men of my age died, and the remaining two may be disabled. Among my middle school classmates, there were 32 people, and only I and the other one barely survived."

The Soviet Union and the whole country destroyed the Nazi body, but the Nazi soul kept floating in the world.