16 April – 2 May 1945 · Seventeen days
The Battle of Berlin
The largest engagement of the Second World War fought on German soil — reconstructed day by day, street by street, from the Oder to the Reichstag.
Red Army banner party on the Reichstag rights unverified
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The Battle of Berlin 1945: Introduction
Our in-depth day-by-day coverage of the largest confrontation of the Second World War to be fought in Germany – the Battle of Berlin in 1945.
The Seventeen Days
- 01 Monday, 16 April 1945 The Soviet Offensive Begins
- 02 Tuesday, 17 April 1945 Zhukov Struggles To Break Out
- 03 Wednesday, 18 April 1945 Zhukov & Konev Advance
- 04 Thursday, 19 April 1945 Through The ‘Gates Of Berlin’
- 05 Friday, 20 April 1945 Soviet Artillery Reaches Berlin
- 06 Saturday, 21 April 1945 Red Army Troops Reach Berlin
- 07 Sunday, 22 April 1945 The Red Army Grinds Into Berlin’s Suburbs
- 08 Monday, 23 April 1945 Stalin Changes The Plan
- 09 Tuesday, 24 April 1945 The Red Army Reaches The S-Bahn Ring
- 10 Wednesday, 25 April 1945 Berlin Is Encircled & The Allies Meet
- 11 Thursday, 26 April 1945 The Red Army Takes Tempelhof
- 12 Friday, 27 April 1945 The Red Army Reaches Wilhelmstrasse
- 13 Saturday, 28 April 1945 Stalin Redraws The Battlelines
- 14 Sunday, 29 April 1945 The Soviet Assault On The Reichstag
- 15 Monday, 30 April 1945 The Red Banner Flies High
- 16 Tuesday, 1 May 1945 The Storming Of The Zitadelle
- 17 Wednesday, 2 May 1945 The End Of Nazi Berlin