Memorable date of Russian military history: the battle for Berlin
|On this day in 1945, troops of the 1st Belorussian front of Marshal Zhukov, and the 1st Ukrainian front of Marshal Konev were in full control of Berlin. After a desperate resistance, the capital of Nazi “Reich” fell under the victorious blows of our army. By 15 o’clock the enemy’s resistance had ceased, remnants of the Berlin garrison surrendered.