Battle of Berlin
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The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag (photographed by Yevgeny Khaldei)
Hasso von Manteuffel
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Gotthard Heinrici
Felix Steiner
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Felix Martin Julius Steiner was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS, and commanded several SS divisions and corps. H
Battle of Berlin
…3rd Panzer Army and be ready to be the southern arm of a pincer attack that would envelop 1st Belorussian Front, which would be destroyed by SS-General Felix Steiner's Army Detachment advancing from north of Berlin. Later in the day, when Steiner explained that he did not have the divisions to achieve this, Heinrici…
Steiner in 1942
Post-war photo of Steiner in Finland with SS veterans Unto Parvilahti (l) and Aarne Roiha (r).