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The storming of Berlin
Chronology of Victory!
April 16, 5.00.
Troops of the 1st Belorussian Front (Zhukov) after a powerful artillery barrage begin an offensive against Zelovskie height at the Oder.
April 16, 8.00.
Of the 1st Ukrainian Front (Konev) stepping up the river Neisse and move west.
April 18 morning.
Tank armies fishing and Lelyushenko turn to the north, in the direction of Berlin.
April 18 evening.
German defenses on the heights Zelovskih broken. Some adults begin to advance towards Berlin.
April 19 morning.
Troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front (Rokossovsky) boost Oder, slicing apart the German defenses north of Berlin.
April 20 evening.
Army Zhukov moving to Berlin from the west and northwest.
April 21, the day.
Rybalko tanks occupy the headquarters of German troops in Zossen to the south of Berlin.
April 22 morning.
Rybalko army occupies the southern outskirts of Berlin, and the army Perhorovicha - northern areas of the city.
April 24 day.
Meeting advancing troops Zhukov and Konev in the south of Berlin. Frankfurt-Guben Germans surrounded by Soviet troops, launched its destruction.
April 25, 13.30.
Parts Konev reached the Elbe at Torgau, and met there with the 1st US Army.
April 26 morning.
The German army Wenck deals counterattack against the advancing Soviet units.
April 27 evening.
After heavy fighting the army Wenck discarded.
April 28.
Soviet troops surround the city center.
April 29 day.
Stormed the Interior Ministry building and the Town Hall.
April 30 day.
Busy Tiergarten Zoo.
April 30, 15.30.
Hitler committed suicide in his bunker under the Reich Chancellery.
April 30, 22.50.
Completed lasted from morning assault on the Reichstag.
May 1, 3.50.
Start of unsuccessful negotiations with the German General Krebs Soviet command.
May 1, 10.40.
After the failure of negotiations Soviet troops begin assault on the buildings of the ministries and the Reich Chancellery.
May 1, 22.00.
Reich Chancellery taken by storm.
May 2, 6.00.
General Weidling orders of surrender.
May 2, 15.00.
Fighting in the city finally stopped.
