The Battle of Berlin also often referred to as War Berlin was significant during Second World War. This was the last major allied assault of the European theatre that was against the German Nazi forces. In this blog post about the Battle of Berlin, let us discuss further important factors that are related to it including its importance and consequences to the city of Berlin and the whole world.

1. Background

The Battle of Berlin was fought from April 16 to May 2 in 1945. 190 At that time, Germany was near total defeat and the Soviet Union’s Red Army led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov initiated an attack to capture Germany’s capital: Berlin.

1.1 The Eastern Front

The fighting on the Eastern Front was the largest theatre of World War II and it played a very important role in the result of the war. This witnessed major engagements, huge losses and the finality of the German’s forces.

2. The Battle

The battle of Berlin was the final flailing mad fight of the German people against the Soviets. The city was well defended and this made the area a proving a difficult one for the attackers to dislodge. The fight proceeded through house to house combat and shelling.

2.1 Soviet Forces

The Soviet forces brought in more than two millions soldiers, and overwhelming numerical advantage in tanks, artillery and manpower.

2.2 German Defenses

German defenders, despite the fact that they were hungry for food and lacked ammunition, supplied stiff resistance to Soviet Forces. It was used a kind of trench, mine and strong point system to allow the Soviet attacks to be slowed.

3. The Fall of Berlin

However, the SOC up until this point made quite a stand against the Germans and overpowered them at last. On 30th April, the Fuhrer Adolf Hitler died in a bunker, while the last Germans capitulated on May 2. The middle of the twentieth century saw the end of Europe war with the fall of Berlin.

3.1 Significance

Once it was the capital of Germany and the centre of the so called ‘pure Aryan’ race and Hitler’s creation was vanishing; Berlin had to fall. It also led to the division of the city of Berlin and Germany and laid the foundation to the Cold War period.

4. Aftermath

It would be impossible to overstate the significance of the Battle of Berlin both on the city and the people that lived there. As a result of the battle many casualties and a great amount of destruction, so the process of the city’s reconstruction took several years. The city ended up divided into its Western part occupied by the Allied forces and the eastern part occupied by the Soviet Union.

4.1 The Division of Berlin

The city of Berlin was divided east and West, and East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the concrete barrier known as the Berlin Wall that was built in 1961. For almost three decades, it was the harbinger of Cold War.

4.2 Reunification of Germany

After the peace industry of the cold war when the Berlin wall was ripped down in 1989 and east and west Germany were reunified in 1990 thus the division of the city and the country as a whole came to an end.

5. Legacy

Without any doubt the Battle of Berlin has very little parallel in the history of all mankind. It brings to the memory of many the consequences and the toll that war takes and has always taken. As for today, Berlin is one of the most dynamic German cities, and German capitals that have become unified in the result of the unification of the two formerly separated states: East and West Germany.

5.1 Commemoration

There are quite many installations throughout Berlin that remind people of the battle, victims and consequences of war. Tourists can visit these places in as a way of learning more about the past and paying our respective homage to our heroes.

5.2 Lessons Learned

It is from the Battle of Berlin that one can conclude that diplomacy is a far better way of addressing the conflict than through any aggressive means. It points to the need towards the gradual attainment of the world where wars are not an essential norm.

Conclusion

The Battle of Berlin was such a significant point in history that it yields itself to analysis. Of course, it defined the Surrender of World War II in Europe, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Postwar division of Berlin. Studying the crucial battle, one can realize to what extent people experienced hardships of the cited periods. It is, perhaps, high time to recall the history and to work for the further leisure and peace.