The “Battle of Berlin” heralded the end of 2nd World War into the European theater. This major offensive launched by the Soviet Red Army, after passing the German protective lines regarding Oder River, relocated directly to the main city of this Third Reich. The town it self was defended by Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, “Hitlerjugend” and “Volkssturm” soldiers, and ended up being the environment for the final and most fierce clashes of the war. The Soviet forces, led by Marshal Zukov and Marshal Konev, with an overwhelming superiority of soldiers, cars and artillery, forced the surrender and capitulation of the town may 2, 1945. The Reichstag building, chair of the Reich parliament, had a huge symbolic value and had been the stage for the last acts of this conflict in Europe. The Red Army soldier increasing the Soviet banner on the ruins of Reichstag by the end of the battle of Berlin, the most iconic pictures associated with Second World War.
