The European theatre of World War II, lasting from September 1939 to May 1945, was one of two main theatres of combat during World War II, the other being the Pacific War. The combat in Europe resulte
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Bundesarchiv Bild 183 B28822, Russland, Kampf um Stalingrad, Infanterie
Falaise Pocket 1944
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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
European theatre of World War II
…camps of Buchenwald, Dachau, Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenburg, Mauthausen, Ravensbruck, Sachsenhausen, Stutthof, Bergen-Belsen, Treblinka, and Auschwitz. The Battle of Berlin began on 16 April as the Soviets encircled the city and began shelling the last pockets of resistance with large amounts of artillery. Hitler became…
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag (photographed by Yevgeny Khaldei)
Hasso von Manteuffel
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Gotthard Heinrici