Battle of Berlin

In World War II, the Battle of Berlin was the assault on Berlin by forces of the Soviet Union and Poland in April and May 1945. As the Soviet forces fought their way into the centre of Berlin, the German leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide on 30th April 1945. He appointed Admiral Karl Dönitz as the new Führer, who negotiated a surrender to the Allies on 8 May 1945.

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