Berlin 1945: The Fall of a City, the End of an Era, and the Dawn of a Divided Cold War World
Introduction Berlin, 1945. The once-vibrant German capital stood on the brink of annihilation. Bombed to ruins, its streets filled with the chaos of war, the city symbolized the collapse of Nazi Germany and the devastating toll of World War II. As the Soviet Red Army advanced and the Western Allies closed in, Berlin became the…