For the day of the great victory: Berlin operation 1945

In the spring of 1945, fighting on the territory of Nazi Germany was carried out by the allied armies of the states of the anti-Hitler coalition — the Soviet Union, the USA, Great Britain and France. Having defeated large groups of Nazi troops in Poland, Prussia and eastern Pomerania, Soviet troops reached the banks of the Oder and Neisse rivers. By mid-April, the Red Army had liberated all of Hungary, almost the entire territory of Czechoslovakia and occupied Vienna,after which the offensive, despite fierce resistance from the Nazis, successfully continued in the eastern and southern directions. This led to the withdrawal of the allies of Nazi Germany — Italy, Bulgaria, Finland and Romania — from the war. The Allies, encountering virtually no opposition from the Germans, advanced from the west in the Leipzig, Hamburg and Prague directions and reached the banks of the Elbe. Our troops were already 60 km from the Nazi capital, and the Allies about 100 km. On the eve of the upcoming anniversary of the 79th anniversary of the Great Victory, a truthful account of the defeat of the Nazi group in Berlin is extremely important. This city, a political stronghold of German fascism, was also the largest center of the military industry in Germany. The capture of the capital of the Third Reich marked the end of the bloody Second World War. This short article will be dedicated to this greatest Victoria.