THE BATTLE OF BERLIN DESIGNATED BERLIN STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE OPERATION THE SOVIET UNION MAJOR OFFENSIVE THE EUROPEAN THEATRE WORLD WAR II THE RED ARMY EAST SOVIET FRONT ARMY GROUP ATTACKED BERLIN THE EAST GERMAN FORCES NORTH COMMANDER ARMY GROUP VISTULA GENERAL GOTTHARD HEINRICI BATTLE IN BERLIN BATTLES SEELOW HEIGHTS HALBE BELORUSSIAN FRONT MARSHAL GEORGY ZHUKOV SHELLING IVAN KONEV UKRAINIAN FRONT PUSHED THE SOUTH THE LAST ARMY GROUP CENTRE THE GERMAN HELMUTH WEIDLING THE UNITS WEHRMACHT POORLY TRAINED VOLKSSTURM HITLER YOUTH THE NEXT REACHED CITY CENTRE COMBAT THE BATTLE GERMAN ADOLF HITLER COMMITTED SUICIDE DEFENDERS SURRENDERED FIGHTING TO THE NORTH THE END OF THE WAR EUROPE MAY MAY GERMAN UNITS SURRENDER THE WESTERN ALLIES RATHER NAREW RIVER BROAD FRONT ARMY THE FOURTH BROKE MOVING UP TO TAKING EAST PRUSSIA DANZIG DRAWING THE ODER NEWLY CREATED ARMY GROUP VISTULA THE COMMAND HEINRICH HIMMLER ATTEMPTED FAILED POMERANIA CLEARING THE RIGHT BANK REACHING SILESIA IN THE SOUTH THE SIEGE BUDAPEST ATTEMPTS HUNGARIAN CAPITAL CITY FELL THE SOVIETS RECAPTURE THE GOAL WAS TO THE OIL REGION NAGYKANIZSA REGAIN THE DANUBE RIVER FUTURE IMPOSSIBLE LAKE BALATON OFFENSIVE BACK IN HOURS EVERYTHING THE GERMANS TAKEN TEN DAYS AUSTRIA VIENNA OFFENSIVE CAPTURED VIENNA THE WEHRMACHT THE FUEL ARMAMENTS OPERATE IN THE CITY WISHES ADVISERS HEARD THE NEWS THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT RAISED FALSE HOPES MIGHT FALLING OUT THE ALLIES SAVED THE LAST MOMENT ONCE THE MIRACLE OF THE HOUSE OF BRANDENBURG NO PLANS GROUND SUPREME COMMANDER ALLIED FORCE GENERAL EISENHOWER INTEREST THE RACE SAW NEED TO SUFFER CASUALTIES BE IN THE SOVIET SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AFTER THE WAR FRIENDLY FIRE ARMIES OCCUPY THE MAJOR WESTERN ALLIED CONTRIBUTION BOMBING OF BERLIN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES LAUNCHED NUMBER DAYTIME NIGHTS SCORES MOSQUITO BOMBED ENDING ON THE NIGHT CENTRAL GERMANY EAST GERMANY STALIN BELIEVE HAND OVER TERRITORY SOVIET ZONE MEET FAR WEST OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE CAPTURE COMPLEMENTARY POSSESSION THE ZONE QUICKLY UNLESS CONSIDERATION ITSELF USEFUL STRATEGIC ATOMIC BOMB PROGRAMME LIEUTENANT GENERAL HELMUTH REYMANN DEFENCE BRUNO RITTER VON HAUENSCHILD THE BEST IMMEDIATELY THRUST RIVER AUTOBAHN THE BANKS ANYTHING LIGHT SKIRMISHING ARRANGED ENGINEERS FORTIFY OVERLOOKED AT THE POINT CROSSED THIS WAS DISTANCE WEST THE LINE AREAS INCREASE THE MANPOWER AVAILABLE TURNED ODERS FLOOD PLAIN ALREADY SATURATED THE SPRING A SWAMP WATER BEHIND THE PLAIN THE PLATEAU LINES WOTAN DITCHES GUN NETWORK TRENCHES BUNKERS MARSHAL ROKOSSOVSKY MOVE CONCENTRATED FRANKFURT AREA POSITIONS VACATED REDEPLOYMENT IN PROGRESS GAPS LEFT THE LINES REMNANTS GENERAL DIETRICH BOTTLED POCKET ESCAPE VISTULA DELTA MARSHAL KONEV UPPER SILESIA NEISSE RIVER SOLDIERS POLISH ARMY ARTILLERY PIECES MORTAR KATYUSHA ROCKET LAUNCHER STALINS PIPE MOTOR SECTOR OVERALL DEFENSIVE LINE OUTSIDE DAYS PITCHED BATTLE ALMOST ONE MILLION RED ARMY TANKS BREAK THROUGH THE GATES ZHUKOV SUFFERED PERSONNEL NOTHING BROKEN FORST THE DAY FANNING OPEN COUNTRY POWERFUL GUARDS ARMY GUARDS TANK HEADING SECTION THE UNITED STATES FRONT LINE THE ELBE WEDGE THE NORTH THE END EASTERN FRONT SEELOW CEASED ENVELOP BREAK THE WEST THE COST IN THE MEANTIME MOSQUITOES CONDUCTING TACTICAL INSIDE THE NIGHTS HITLERS BIRTHDAY STOP THE WEIGHT ORDNANCE GREATER THAN TOTAL TONNAGE BOMBERS ADVANCED NORTHERN WING JUTERBOG THE AMERICAN THE RIVER ELBE MAGDEBURG STETTIN SCHWEDT FLANK HASSO VON MANTEUFFEL PANZER THE NEXT DAY NEARLY PLAN CORPS TRAPPED THE IV THE CORPS STILL HOLDING ON COTTBUS HIGHWAY FIELD MARSHAL FERDINAND BREAKING THROUGH INITIAL INCURSION BATTLE OF BAUTZEN ELEMENTS THE RED SOUTHERN LOCAL GAVE ORDERS GRASP MILITARY REALITY HOLD FACING WERE TO ATTACK COLUMNS PINCER ANTICIPATE SOUTHWARD READY ARM PINCER ATTACK FELIX STEINER DETACHMENT EXPLAINED DIVISIONS TO DO CLEAR HITLERS STAFF TOO LATE HAVE TO RETREAT AFTERNOON SITUATION TEARFUL RAGE DRAMATIZED FILM DOWNFALL UNDERSTOOD PLANS GOING TO THE WAR BLAMED THE GENERALS ANNOUNCED IN BERLIN KILL HIMSELF ATTEMPT COAX ALFRED JODL SPECULATED WALTHER WENCK VIEWING ECLIPSE ORGANIZED PARTITION GERMANY DISENGAGE THE AMERICANS SUPPORT LINK UP IN THE EVENING PERMISSION ELSEWHERE BRIDGEHEAD DEEP THE WEST BANK ENGAGED PRESSED SPEARHEAD HAVEL RIVER ONE POINT RING THE CAPITAL RANGE FIELD WAR CORRESPONDENT THE STYLE ACCOUNT EVENT LOCAL TIME ENCIRCLEMENT SEVERING LINK ENGAGE THE COMMANDER INVESTMENT LEADING UNITS DO ANYTHING DELAY THE CAPTURE STAGES THAT TIME TO INFLICT POLISH SLOWING DOWN WEIDLING GERMAN ARMY WEHRMACHT HEER ARMED THE POLICE BOYS ELDERLY YOUNG MEN VETERANS WORLD WAR WILHELM MOHNKE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT THE REICH CHANCELLERY ORGANISED EIGHT COLONEL INFANTRY DIVISION PARACHUTE DIVISION PANZER DIVISION TEMPELHOF AIRPORT SS PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION CENTRAL BERZARIN SHOCK ARMY LVI PANZER CORPS TELTOW CANAL EVENING REINFORCE CONTINGENT FRENCH GUSTAV KRUKENBERG PRESSURE ASSAULT CHUIKOV THE GUARDS SOUTHERN SUBURBS STIFF RESISTANCE DEFENDING