For nearly a month from April to May 1945, Berlin was the site of the last major offensive in the European theatre of World War II. The Battle of Berlin, which was fought between Soviet and Nazi ...

A powerful video in color of the devastated city of Berlin, shot in July 1945, just months after Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II, has been making the rounds online. The archival footage, ...

Berlin finally fell after more than two weeks of brutal street-by-street fighting After nearly four years of intense fighting, Soviet forces finally launched their assault on Berlin on 16 April 1945.

It’s hard to imagine what the world was like during World War II. Of course, we’ve read it all in history books and and we’ve seen movies and TV shows showing what life was like, but it’s just far ...

In the spring of 1945, as Russian and German troops fought — savagely, street by street — for control of the German capital, it became increasingly clear that the Allies would win the war in Europe.

The Red Army's victory parade in the Lustgarten on May 4, 1945. In the background is the Old Museum. Timothy Melnik © German-Russian Museum Collection Timofei Melnik ...

It made it possible to compare the old color photograph of the 1930s - 1960s that reflected the cityscape of Berlin and the contemporary photo taken from the same place as the shooting location at ...

For nearly a month from April to May 1945, Berlin was the site of the last major offensive in the European theatre of World War II. The Battle of Berlin, which was fought between Soviet and Nazi ...