The Battle of Berlin was the largest strategic group battle in the history of world war, and the most tragic battle of the Second World War, crushing the High Command of Nazi Germany and consuming a large number of German troops near Berlin, accelerating the process of the Second World War and ending the deepest catastrophe in human history.
In view of the presence of Soviet troops in Berlin, Hitler decided that the German high command would withdraw from Berlin, leaving him to "coexist and die with Berlin". He ordered all staff officers and civilian personnel of the military apparatus to take part in the battle without exception, and decided to execute commanders who stood still within 5 hours, and to execute not only the retreating officers and men, but also to hang on their corpses signs of "deserter", "coward", "he has betrayed the country and defiled the German nation".
In the early morning of April 26, thousands of Soviet planes once again dropped thousands of tons of bombs and petrol bombs over Berlin. On the ground, with an average of nearly a thousand artillery pieces deployed every mile, the various artillery pieces were concentrated, and Berlin suddenly became a dim world. After the bombardment and firing, Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front sent numerous assault groups and assault detachments to break through the city from all directions.
The closer they got to the city center, the more difficult it was for the Soviets to advance. Sturdy buildings, hidden basements, underground railways, drainage ditches, etc., all provided support points for the Germans to develop their firepower. Therefore, the Soviet army had to fight for buildings and streets, and each step forward had to pay a great price.
The two warring sides of the Battle of Berlin gathered a total of 2.86 million troops, the Battle of Berlin had a total of 2.06 million infantry on the Soviet side, and the German side including Italy gathered a total of 800,000 non-commissioned officers, according to the statistics of the Battle of Berlin, germany killed and wounded more than 480,000 people in this war, and the Soviet Union killed and wounded more than 1 million people, that is to say, at least 1.48 million innocent soldiers died in this war, setting a bloody record for the Battle of Berlin.
Later historians have always used the word tragic to describe the situation of the Battle of Berlin, because in the Battle of Berlin there were many street battles, in which soldiers directly engaged in hand-to-hand combat with bayonets, and the Red Army would damage 20,000 people for every kilometer forward.
In addition to the numbers, equipment is also part of the bloody record of the Battle of Berlin, Before the war, Germany claimed to have 800,000 legions, 9 motorcycle divisions and 6 armored divisions and 48 infantry divisions, but unfortunately 6 armored divisions were completely destroyed on the Eastern Front, that is to say, the high-precision equipment created by Germany was damaged in this war, losing 700 artillery and rockets.
Later generations of historians generally have a relatively high evaluation of the Battle of Berlin, believing that this is the greatest contribution made to mankind in the history of the Soviet Red Army, because in this war they not only defeated the Nazis and successfully entered the city of Berlin, but also forced the Nazi German Fuehrer Hitler to swallow a gun and commit suicide, making the Nazis scatter, after the battle, the German High Command surrendered unconditionally on behalf of Germany, so the Battle of Berlin also marked a comprehensive victory in the European battlefield of World War II, and bought peace for the European people. However, some historians have a bad evaluation of the Battle of Berlin, because the Red Army committed a lot of evil deeds in the Battle of Berlin, and they burned and looted in the city of Berlin. According to rough statistics, the Soviet Red Army burned and looted more than 1,000 civilians in the city of Berlin in just 3 months, and these conditions continued until the arrival of the military and the Soviet secret police, and the Red Army officers stopped their subordinates.
Download the Qilu OnePoint client, pay attention to the number of this one-point - talk about the past and the present, you can check the previous articles and see the update at the first time.
Qilu OnePoint client copyright manuscripts shall not be reproduced without permission, and violators will be investigated for legal responsibility according to law.