Battle of Berlin

Defence sector · Mitte

Defence Sector Z (Zitadelle)

1945: Zitadelle

From the Reichstag
0.55 km
Today
Survives, altered
Appears on
8 days

52.5140° N, 13.3790° E position district-level Open on the map →

Defence Sector Z, the Zitadelle: the central government quarter holding the Reichstag, the Reich Chancellery and the Führerbunker. SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke was its battle commandant, and it was the last ground held.

In the day-by-day account

  1. 09 Tuesday, 24 April 1945 The Red Army Reaches The S-Bahn Ring
  2. 10 Wednesday, 25 April 1945 Berlin Is Encircled & The Allies Meet
  3. 11 Thursday, 26 April 1945 The Red Army Takes Tempelhof
  4. 12 Friday, 27 April 1945 The Red Army Reaches Wilhelmstrasse
  5. 13 Saturday, 28 April 1945 Stalin Redraws The Battlelines
  6. 14 Sunday, 29 April 1945 The Soviet Assault On The Reichstag
  7. 15 Monday, 30 April 1945 The Red Banner Flies High
  8. 16 Tuesday, 1 May 1945 The Storming Of The Zitadelle