The BBC has inked a deal with German distributor Autentic Distribution for the factual series Berlin 1945. Berlin 1945, which made its world premiere at the Berlin Filmfest this year, consists of 3×50 ...
In April 1945, as Soviet armies smashed through Germany’s final defenses, Berlin prepared for the battle that would end the Third Reich. While artillery moved closer to the capital, Adolf Hitler made ...
Covering the months from January to May in 1945, as Soviet and other Allied troops advanced to Berlin, freelance British historian Beevor (Stalingrad) opts for direct narrative with overheard quotes ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Gestapo chief Heinrich Mueller, the most senior Nazi whose fate has until now remained unknown, died in Berlin in 1945 and, in a chilling twist for an organizer of the Holocaust, ...
BERLIN (AP) — Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945. After decades of division and its revival ...
As Red Army forces surrounded Berlin in April 1945, the German capital transformed into a desperate fortress filled with ...
On May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered. "This is a solemn but glorious hour," said Truman. "General Eisenhower informs me that the ...
THE ROAD from the Third Reich to modern Germany began in a field of rubble. The second world war had left behind enough of it to form a mountain 4,000 metres high, if it were piled up on the Nazi ...