May 1st FALL OF BERLIN

Soviet Flag over Reichstag 1945

This year Russia Celebrates the 62 anniversary of Fall of the capital of 3^rd REICH by Soviet Army, this was the toughest battles of all War, soldiers fight house by house to reach REICHSTAG and then German Cancillery where Hitles commited suicide like a coward.

General in charge of the operation was ZHUKOV & Koniev, they commanded an army of 2.5 millions of soldiers, 6250 tanks, 7500 aircrafts, 41.600 artillery cannons, 3255 Katyusha Rockets agains a fanatic resistence of Wermacht soldiers, Hitler Youths, Old mans from Volksstrum and soldiers from other Nazi Allies.

Stalin Organs "Katyusha Rockets" firing on Berlin

With that Russia ended a battle began in 1941 when NAZIS invaded their MOTHERLAND, Russia Lost 21,300,000 soldiers and civilians during the war.

SOVIET WAR MEMORIAL ON BERLIN

BATTLE FACTS

Between 150 – 173’000 german soldiers were death or wounded

134,000 POW

152,000 civilians died during the battle

1997 vehicles lost

917 aircraft destroy

LINKS

World War II: The Decisive Role of the Russian People in defeating Nazi Germany