May 8, 1945 was the day of Germany's unconditional surrender, but this point in time did not mean that the Soviets' attacks ended together, but rather the beginning of Soviet retaliation.
The Soviets hated the German soldiers to the extreme, and the methods they took to retaliate were often extreme and diverse.
In February 1946, on Kiev Square, the Soviets strangled 12 German prisoners of war at one time through a centralized trial, which was only one of the representative incidents of the Soviets' disposal of German prisoners of war.
On April 30, 1945, after Hitler took his own life, the countdown to Germany's defeat began.
Although it was already at the end of its rope, Germany still had 2.45 million troops, but these troops were distributed in all directions, stationed in the Czech Republic, defended Norway, etc.
In Berlin, Hitler ended up leaving behind 500,000 troops, but the fate of these troops was diametrically reversed.
480,000 captives fell into the hands of the Soviets, and their fate can be imagined.
Combined with the German prisoners of war captured by the Soviets, there were already 3 million German soldiers in the hands of the Soviets.
The Soviet Union imposed brutal sanctions on these extreme anomalies, as well as on the German soldiers who had invaded the Soviet Union.
All those who went to the Soviet Union were shot, and the rest were sent to Siberia to work as coolies, and of course the coolies ended up dying.
On May 8, 1945, with the signature of Field Marshal Keitel, the act of war finally ceased.
However, the individual behavior of the German soldiers caught everyone by surprise, and they raced to surrender to the West instead of obeying the Soviets' surrender orders.
Because, in the minds of the German soldiers, there was still a way to live in the West.
Once the USSR surrendered, then, the end was doomed to death.
The German soldiers saw this very clearly, and the Soviets did not shy away from it.
At the same time as the attack on Germany, retaliation had already begun, and there were countless cases of German soldiers being shot, and German women were bullied by Soviet soldiers.
Of course, these acts of revenge do not say anything about how evil the USSR was.
Because, when Germany invaded the Soviet Union, they used the same way to oppress and invade the Soviets.
In the Soviets' mind, German soldiers were to be shot, and they had to be shot after torture in order to console their friends and relatives and avenge their hatred.
However, the Soviet government had a more long-term perspective, and they were well aware of the importance of post-war economic construction, so they urgently needed labor to replenish the lost national strength of the Soviet Union.
Of course, the most suitable place for these prisoners of war was as far away as Siberia, so that not only could Siberia be developed, but also that it would be easier to manage these prisoners of war away from the political and economic centers of the Soviet Union.
Of course, it is not possible for all prisoners of war to be sent to Siberia, and some must be tried by the Soviets to vent their anger in the hearts of the Soviets.
As a result, there have been various forms of centralized trials and executions.
Kievslovakia Square in 1946 has been busy with similar operations.
On 2 February, 12 heinous German officers and soldiers were escorted to Kiev Square, where they were thrown from trucks with their hands tied behind their backs.
The Soviets were already surrounded by Soviet people, who were pointing fingers at the German prisoners of war, and some of them even rushed forward to punch and kick them.
The Soviet soldiers allowed this to happen and did not stop it.
As long as these prisoners of war are not killed and they are put on trial in one breath, that is enough.
After the crowd has been vented, the trial has officially begun, not so much a trial as an emotional vent.
After the officials present at the conference and the Soviets complained about the aggression and injuries of the German army, the outcome of the trial was easy.
The death penalty was the final destination of these 12 prisoners of war.
They were put on a gallows prepared in advance, and the gallows were made high so that the masses could see the process of the German soldiers being hanged.
The gallows were so high that the Soviets needed to drive the truck to the bottom of the gallows and let the German prisoners of war stand on top of the cars in order to put them on the gallows.
Following the order of the executioner, the car moved forward, and the German prisoners of war, without support, could only let the ropes around their necks hold them tightly.
Like leaves fluttering in the wind, the shaking bodies and struggling souls of German prisoners of war made the Soviets present feel sincerely happy.
In just a few minutes, the German prisoners of war were killed, and the Soviets who were present erupted in joyful celebrations.
This was just the tip of the iceberg of the Soviet Union's punishment of German prisoners of war, which had occurred repeatedly throughout the Soviet Union after the war, and sanctioned German prisoners of war abounded.
In addition, in the territory of defeated Germany, Soviet soldiers pushed this revenge to a climax by violating German women.
Two million German women, who were repeatedly violated by Soviet soldiers.
In the midst of this tragedy, the German woman who survived said that she had been violated 23 times, but none of them showed mercy or rescue to her.
The war was cruel, and the common people in the war had no dignity at all, and what the Germans suffered also happened to the Soviet Union.
Of course, what the Germans and the Soviets suffered, the Chinese also had an experience that they could not let go.
However, both the Soviets and the Germans had unleashed their hatred, but the anger of the Chinese had no chance to be comforted.