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[Sharing] 7 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
With only seven days remaining until victory, the act of surrender of German forces in Italy came into effect, the Berlin garrison fell to Soviet troops, and top Nazi Martin Bormann chose suicide [end] Related May 1, 2025: 8 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 30, 2025: 9 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 29,…
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[Sharing] 8 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
With only eight days remaining until the Red Army’s victory, the Reichstag garrison had surrendered by the end of May 1, while the Wehrmacht’s Chief of Staff Hans Krebs and Reich Chancellor Joseph Goebbels had taken their own lives [end] Related April 30, 2025: 9 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 29, 2025: 10 Days…
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[Sharing] 9 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, the Soviet troops raised the flag over Reichstag – the political heart of Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler and his wife committed suicide; their bodies were burned in the garden of the Reich Chancellery. Meanwhile, the Soviet troops also liberated Ravensbruck – the largest female concentration camp – two thousand…
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[Sharing] 10 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, the Soviet troops pressed on with clearing central Berlin of Wehrmacht forces, with the Reichstag being defended by the most zealous Nazi militants. Meanwhile, the German armies were steadily losing ground in other regions, succumbing to the Soviet advance [end] Related April 28, 2025: 11 Days to Victory Day…
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[Sharing] 11 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, Soviet troops continued their advancing, consolidating efforts. Eighty years ago on this day, Russian tanks were fighting in the streets as intense conflicts raged in the heart of Berlin. Benito Mussolini, the fascist leader, was apprehended and put to death by Italian partisans in the meantime [end] Related April…
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[Sharing] 12 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, Soviet troops continued their advancing, consolidating efforts. 80 years ago today, Soviet troops fought fiercely in the heart of Berlin, where key governmental and political institutions of Nazi Germany were situated. Among these was the infamous Führerbunker, where Adolf Hitler met his ultimate demise [end] Related April 26, 2025:…
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[Sharing] 13 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, Soviet troops continued their advancing, consolidating efforts. The 2nd Belarusian Front’s liberation of Brno on April 26, 1945, solidified its hold on Czechoslovakia. 3,500 German soldiers were captured, and 38 towns were released. German forces in the west were completely destroyed when allied forces captured Bremen at the same…
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[Sharing] 14 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day 80 years ago, Soviet troops continued their advancing, consolidating efforts. Today marks the end of the East Prussian operation, in which Soviet forces seized East Prussia and soundly defeated enemy resistance. Pillau, Müllrose, Krausnick, and Riesa were among the 24 towns and villages that were freed. During this campaign, some 3,500 German…
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[Sharing] 15 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
With only 15 days remaining until victory, the Soviet Red Army had encircled Berlin, gradually tightening the noose around the enemy’s remaining defenders. Colonel General N.E. Berzarin was appointed to command the Soviet garrison in the German capital [end] Related April 23, 2025: 16 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik April 22, 2025: 17 Days to…
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[Sharing] 16 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day, 80 years ago, the Berlin Strategic Offensive drew closer to its victorious conclusion as Soviet troops reached the Teltow Canal in the city and continued fighting street by street steadily advancing toward the city center. As a sign of impending political collapse, Hitler’s close ally, Hermann Goring, was relieved of all his…
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