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The battle for Berlin

Eyewitness accounts of the final battle for the capital of Nazi Germany in 1945. The fall of the city to Soviet forces led to the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Hear the eyewitness account of a female Russian soldier and a German schoolboy who fought on opposing sides in the final, brutal battle for the capital of Nazi Germany. The fall of the city to Soviet forces led to the end of the Second World War in Europe in May 1945.

Photo: A Soviet soldier running during a street battle in Berlin, late April 1945 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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