It is imperative to say that the Second World War played an important role in the development of the world. It consumed the world then as it left entire cities and countries in ruins, millions killed and new borders created. Worldwide conflict took place on the ground, water, and sky from 1939 to 1945. The final very large scale battle was fought in the capital of Germany, Berlin. Now, whatever events which preceded the Battle of Berlin’s conclusion should be analyzed.

The Context of the Battle

Germany itself was pretty much on the edge by early 1945. The Allies which include the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union had advanced into Germany aural territory, reducing the size of regime control. The German dictator Adolf Hitler remained alone at the end in his fortified bunker beneath the capital city of Berlin.

Realizing that an entire war is unwinnable, Hitler decided to stay in Berlin and kept trying to satisfy his rage until the last days of the war, making sure that he would leave devastation behind.

The Battle Begins

The Berlin operation started on 16 April 1945, with major Soviet forces’ attack on Berlin. Soviets enjoyed approximately a 2.5:1 numerical rating dramatically, while Germans had a measly 100,000 defenders to their fold. This overwhelming force was to take Berlin and destroy Hitler’s Fascist regime.

The fight that then took place was a desperate fight by the Germans in terrible street fighting, with men physically tired and out-gunned. The Red Army moved systematically across the city and if there were any neighborhood in their way they burnt it down.

The Siege of the Reichstag

Probably one of the most important buildings in Germany, the Reichstag was chosen as one of its battlegrounds. Soviet troops struggled fighting their way to the reichstag stepping over the dead bodies of the German forces. With massed air power Soviet troops seized the Reichstag building on a slow news day on the 2 nd of May in the year 1945.

The hoisting of the red flag of Soviet Union on top of Ruins of the Reichstag was indispensable in the Battle of Berlin symbolic significance.

Hitler’s Demise

When civil war broke out, it only dawned on Adolf Hitler that he was heading closer to his doom. At noon of April 30 1945, Hitler gunt himself to death into his Flem, thus, silencing the life of the man who triggered the war that brought destruction to global inhabitants.

The control of the still-occupied states passed into the hands of the highest of the last German generals Helmuth Weidling. Having failed in its mission he sought to surrender to the Soviets on the 2nd of May 1945. Just like that, the Battle for Berlin was now over.

And the consequences, as well as historical significance of this fact.

Certainly the capture of Berlin was a major factor that turned the tide in the second World War. Even some histories mark it as the final and ultimate defeat of Nazi Germany and Hitler. The Battle of Berlin is generally considered one of the largest and deadliest battles of World War II. Wires were brought down and the electricity supply was cut off, and many buildings collapsed and caused a lot of loss of life to the city residents and the infrastructures.

After the termination of the battle, physical division of a united Berlin occurred where Germany was divided into the east and the west British, French, American and the entity of Soviet. There was anticipation of this division which was a build up to the cold war which was an extended struggle between America and the Soviet Union.

The fight for Berlin now symbolises the devastation of war and the courage which was needed to establish liberty. Recalling these events makes people aware of the losses that millions of people made and do not let history repeat itself.