Berlin - The Red Army Captures the City

As German defenders continue their now-hopeless efforts, Soviet troops are nearly at Hitler's bunker. Eva Braun takes a cyanide capsule, and Hitler shoots himself.

Red-Army soldiers reach their main target - the Reichstag - and a Soviet flag is raised at its top. (Days later, the flag-raising will be reenacted for the cameras.)

Within a week, Germany surrenders and the war in Europe is over. Hitler's efforts to install a Thousand-Year Reich have been totally crushed by allied forces.

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From the Battle of Berlin, online courtesy The History Channel.