Berlin: How the War That Started in 1941 Finally Ended
Forgotten Fronts
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Less than four years after four million Axis troops crossed into Soviet territory expecting an easy campaign, the war they started ended in the ruins of their own capital. This episode covers the final Soviet offensive on Berlin, the Battle of Seelow Heights, the brutal house-to-house fighting through the city, Hitler's final days in the bunker, and the surrender that ended the war in Europe.
In this video: the encirclement of Berlin, urban combat tactics on both sides, Hitler's death and the fall of the Reichstag, and the staggering full scope of the Eastern Front's human cost from Barbarossa to Berlin.
Subscribe — this is the final episode in our opening arc on the Eastern Front, and there are many more forgotten battles still to cover.
Topics covered: fall of Berlin, Battle of Seelow Heights, Hitler's death, Reichstag, Soviet Union WW2, Eastern Front WW2, VE Day
#Berlin #WW2 #MilitaryHistory
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Berlin: How the War That Started in 1941 Finally Ended
Forgotten Fronts
3,013 views
Less than four years after four million Axis troops crossed into Soviet territory expecting an easy campaign, the war they started ended in the ruins of their own capital. This episode covers the final Soviet offensive on Berlin, the Battle of Seelow Heights, the brutal house-to-house fighting through the city, Hitler's final days in the bunker, and the surrender that ended the war in Europe.
In this video: the encirclement of Berlin, urban combat tactics on both sides, Hitler's death and the fall of the Reichstag, and the staggering full scope of the Eastern Front's human cost from Barbarossa to Berlin.
Subscribe — this is the final episode in our opening arc on the Eastern Front, and there are many more forgotten battles still to cover.
Topics covered: fall of Berlin, Battle of Seelow Heights, Hitler's death, Reichstag, Soviet Union WW2, Eastern Front WW2, VE Day
#Berlin #WW2 #MilitaryHistory