Battle of Berlin became last major offensive in the European theater of World War II. It started on April 16, 1945. The battle within the city lasted from 20 April until the morning of 2 May. Battle of Berlin - in photo gallery by TASS
Battle of Berlin: 70 years on
On April 16, 1945 the Berlin operation began
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Soviet tanks in the outskirts of Berlin, 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS Soviet troops moving to Berlin, 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS/Mark Redkin Soviet soldiers during street fighting in Berlin, April 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS Street fighting in Berlin, 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS/Mark Redkin Soviet tanks passing by the Brandenburg Gate, 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS/Rafail Mazelev Soviet bombers engaged in military operations in the Battle of Berlin, 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS Soviet field wiremen on Frankfurter Allee in Berlin, 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS Soviet attack aircrafts above Berlin, April 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS/Mark Redkin People of Berlin in the neutral zone, 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS/Arkadiy Shaykhet Berlin, 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov and Soviet officers near the Brandenburg Gate, 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS Soviet victory banner over Berlin, May 1945
© Fotokhronika TASS/Evgeniy Khaldey