The Battle of Berlin

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Фотография. Город Берлин, 4 мая 1945 г.

Герой Советского Союза Н.П. Хазов (в центре) у Рейхстага, 1945 г.

Мирное население во время возвращения в Берлин после капитуляции Германии во Второй мировой войне

Военная регулировщица Мария Шальнова на одной из улиц Берлина

Водружение красного знамени над Бранденбургскими воротами, Берлин

Советская пехота на подступах к Берлину

Soviet soldiers having a break on steps of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldey. TASS

Gestapo building. Berlin

Third Victory Banner at Berlin Tempelhof Airport with Evgeny Khaldei in the foreground

Return of refugees. Berlin

Victory Banner over the Reichstag

“Who needs war”? Blind man with a guide. Berlin

Writings on the Reichstag building

Poet Yevgeny Dolmatovsky addresses Soviet soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate. Berlin

Freight trains. Germany

All Quiet on the Oder River

A Soviet tank unit together with landed infantrymen in a German village street

One of the assault groups goes on an attack of the Reichstag with the banner of Victory

Representatives of the Nazi command are sent to sign the act of surrender of Germany

Another quarter of Berlin is taken by force

In defeated Berlin. There is a battle. Destruction. Fire

Tank in the square of Berlin

Parade of the Soviet troops at the ruins of the Reichstag

Soviet soldiers on the armor of a tank in a march on Berlin

Flags of victory over Berlin

Prisoners of war

Victory Banner at the Brandenburg Gate. Kuzma Dudeev carries the banner

“Why is war needed?” Blind with the guide. Berlin

Soldiers listen to their comrade playing the piano

Assault crossing the Oder. Germany

Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky in Berlin. 1945.

The war is over. Berlin

White flags in the houses of Berlin

After hand-to-hand combat

Traffic controller. “We are already in Germany”

Регулировщица. На Берлинском направлении у реки Одер. Кюстрин

Distributing bread. Germany

Stopping on the march

War comes home to roost

On Press Day at the Reichstag. Soviet correspondents

Smoke break near the Reich Chancellery

Nazi suicide and his family

The last defenders of Berlin

Fighting for Berlin

At the Brandenburg Gate

Konstantin Simonov at the steps of the Reich Chancellery

Writings on the walls of the Reichstag

Soviet soldiers giving meals to residents of Berlin

At the National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument

Beaten Nazi soldiers

Soviet soldiers distributing bread among Germans

A soldier of a Red Army engineering unit with a mine detector on the city ruins. Berlin

Освобожденные насильственно угнанные в Германию советские юноши и девушки

A former Nazi prisoner from Europe

Former Nazi prisoners and people forcibly driven to Germany from other European states return home after their release

Released servicemen of the Allied Forces are sent to a camp for transfer to the Allies

Captain Stepan Neustroev, Commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 756th Infantry Regiment

Junior Sergeant Meliton Kantariya, Scout of the 756th Infantry Regiment

Sergeant Mikhail Egorov, Scout of the 756th Infantry Regiment

Senior sergeant Ilya Syanov, acting commander of a company of the 756 Infantry Regiment. 1945

Who took part in the attack on the Reichstag and raised the Victory Banner on May 1, 1945

Who took part in the attack on the Reichstag and raised the Victory Banner on May 1, 1945

War correspondents near the Reichstag

Lieutenant Nina Lobkovskaya, commander of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army, and Colonel General Vasiliy Kuznetsov, commander of the 3rd Shock Army

Female snipers of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Female snipers of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and commanders of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Combat Crew of 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) in Berlin

Limbering the howitzer M1931 (B-4) for transportation

The 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) operated by Sergeant Meshkov fires from Berlin’s suburbs at the central parts of the city

Victory! Soviet tankers at the Victory Column in Berlin

The fighting has ended. Soviet infantry clean their uniforms in a Berlin street

Studebaker US6 truck convoy in Berlin street

Comic shots in Berlin streets

Comic shots in Berlin streets

Comic shots in Berlin streets

Airfield abandoned by German troops

A soviet tank unit in a Berlin suburb

A soviet tank unit in a Berlin suburb

The building of the Reich Chancellery

Briefing a reconnaissance subunit

A front-line reporter gets into a tethered aerostat

A front-line reporter gets into a tethered aerostat

Berlin streets and squares after the end of the fighting

A building in Berlin after being hit by a heavy weapon

A street in Berlin’s suburbs after shelling

The commander of a rocket launcher unit reads an order to the personnel

Soviet sappers on the Spree embankment

A burning building in Berlin’s suburbs

Soviet and Polish infantry in Berlin’s suburbs

A battery of 152-mm howitzer-guns M1937 (ML-20) at a firing position on the outskirts of Berlin

В г. Берлине. Май 1945 г.

У рейхсканцелярии Гитлера. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

Рейхсканцелярия Гитлера. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

В рейхсканцелярии Гитлера. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

В г. Берлине 8 мая 1945 г. Германия.

Вручение комсомольских значков. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

Митинг в День Победы. Германия, г. Берлин, 9 мая 1945 г.

Soviet citizens released from captivity on a street of Berlin

Ukrainian women V. Zagura, I. Sushko, F. Grigorchuk, who were working in Berlin, are expressing thanks the Soviet soldiers for their liberation

M. Kantaria and M. Egorov hoisting the Victory Banner over the Reichstag

Red Army soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate

Жительницы города во время разгрузки картофеля, доставленного советским командованием для снабжения населения города

Soviet traffic controller is pictured on the square at the Brandenburg Gate after last fights of the Battle of Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Boris Pushkin/TASS

Граждане Франции, освобожденные советскими войсками из немецкого плена, на одной из улиц города после капитуляции Германии

• Советские солдаты во время боя на одной из улиц города в ходе Берлинской наступательной операции Красной армии, Берлин

• Колонна немецких военнопленных на одной из улиц после взятия города советскими войсками, Берлин

• Граждане Франции, освобожденные советскими войсками из немецкого плена

Ревизия немецкого склада представителем советского командования

Local people return to the city after the Battle of Berlin, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Local people repair the pavement damaged during the battles against Nazi invaders for the liberation of the city, Bernstein, April 1945. Photo by Fyodor Kislov/TASS

Знамя Победы на здании Рейхстага в г. Берлине.

Артиллеристы 154 гвардейского артполка 76 гвардейской Черниговской стрелковой дивизии в Берлине.

Советские солдаты и офицеры в Берлине во время встречи с представителями армии США. 1945 г.

Стелла в Берлине, 1945 г.

У Рейхстага. 1945 г.

У Бранденбургских ворот в Берлине.

Soldiers of the Red Army raise the flag of the Soviet Union over the Tempelhof airport after capturing Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Near the Brandenburg Gate, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

23171-КП Азовский музей заповедник

Фотография. Город Берлин, 4 мая 1945 г.

Герой Советского Союза Н.П. Хазов (в центре) у Рейхстага, 1945 г.

Мирное население во время возвращения в Берлин после капитуляции Германии во Второй мировой войне

Военная регулировщица Мария Шальнова на одной из улиц Берлина

Водружение красного знамени над Бранденбургскими воротами, Берлин

Советская пехота на подступах к Берлину

Soviet soldiers having a break on steps of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldey. TASS

Gestapo building. Berlin

Third Victory Banner at Berlin Tempelhof Airport with Evgeny Khaldei in the foreground

Return of refugees. Berlin

Victory Banner over the Reichstag

“Who needs war”? Blind man with a guide. Berlin

Writings on the Reichstag building

Poet Yevgeny Dolmatovsky addresses Soviet soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate. Berlin

Freight trains. Germany

All Quiet on the Oder River

A Soviet tank unit together with landed infantrymen in a German village street

One of the assault groups goes on an attack of the Reichstag with the banner of Victory

Representatives of the Nazi command are sent to sign the act of surrender of Germany

Another quarter of Berlin is taken by force

In defeated Berlin. There is a battle. Destruction. Fire

Tank in the square of Berlin

Parade of the Soviet troops at the ruins of the Reichstag

Soviet soldiers on the armor of a tank in a march on Berlin

Flags of victory over Berlin

Prisoners of war

Victory Banner at the Brandenburg Gate. Kuzma Dudeev carries the banner

“Why is war needed?” Blind with the guide. Berlin

Soldiers listen to their comrade playing the piano

Assault crossing the Oder. Germany

Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky in Berlin. 1945.

The war is over. Berlin

White flags in the houses of Berlin

After hand-to-hand combat

Traffic controller. “We are already in Germany”

Регулировщица. На Берлинском направлении у реки Одер. Кюстрин

Distributing bread. Germany

Stopping on the march

War comes home to roost

On Press Day at the Reichstag. Soviet correspondents

Smoke break near the Reich Chancellery

Nazi suicide and his family

The last defenders of Berlin

Fighting for Berlin

At the Brandenburg Gate

Konstantin Simonov at the steps of the Reich Chancellery

Writings on the walls of the Reichstag

Soviet soldiers giving meals to residents of Berlin

At the National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument

Beaten Nazi soldiers

Soviet soldiers distributing bread among Germans

A soldier of a Red Army engineering unit with a mine detector on the city ruins. Berlin

Освобожденные насильственно угнанные в Германию советские юноши и девушки

A former Nazi prisoner from Europe

Former Nazi prisoners and people forcibly driven to Germany from other European states return home after their release

Released servicemen of the Allied Forces are sent to a camp for transfer to the Allies

Captain Stepan Neustroev, Commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 756th Infantry Regiment

Junior Sergeant Meliton Kantariya, Scout of the 756th Infantry Regiment

Sergeant Mikhail Egorov, Scout of the 756th Infantry Regiment

Senior sergeant Ilya Syanov, acting commander of a company of the 756 Infantry Regiment. 1945

Who took part in the attack on the Reichstag and raised the Victory Banner on May 1, 1945

Who took part in the attack on the Reichstag and raised the Victory Banner on May 1, 1945

War correspondents near the Reichstag

Lieutenant Nina Lobkovskaya, commander of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army, and Colonel General Vasiliy Kuznetsov, commander of the 3rd Shock Army

Female snipers of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Female snipers of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and commanders of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Combat Crew of 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) in Berlin

Limbering the howitzer M1931 (B-4) for transportation

The 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) operated by Sergeant Meshkov fires from Berlin’s suburbs at the central parts of the city

Victory! Soviet tankers at the Victory Column in Berlin

The fighting has ended. Soviet infantry clean their uniforms in a Berlin street

Studebaker US6 truck convoy in Berlin street

Comic shots in Berlin streets

Comic shots in Berlin streets

Comic shots in Berlin streets

Airfield abandoned by German troops

A soviet tank unit in a Berlin suburb

A soviet tank unit in a Berlin suburb

The building of the Reich Chancellery

Briefing a reconnaissance subunit

A front-line reporter gets into a tethered aerostat

A front-line reporter gets into a tethered aerostat

Berlin streets and squares after the end of the fighting

A building in Berlin after being hit by a heavy weapon

A street in Berlin’s suburbs after shelling

The commander of a rocket launcher unit reads an order to the personnel

Soviet sappers on the Spree embankment

A burning building in Berlin’s suburbs

Soviet and Polish infantry in Berlin’s suburbs

A battery of 152-mm howitzer-guns M1937 (ML-20) at a firing position on the outskirts of Berlin

В г. Берлине. Май 1945 г.

У рейхсканцелярии Гитлера. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

Рейхсканцелярия Гитлера. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

В рейхсканцелярии Гитлера. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

В г. Берлине 8 мая 1945 г. Германия.

Вручение комсомольских значков. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

Митинг в День Победы. Германия, г. Берлин, 9 мая 1945 г.

Soviet citizens released from captivity on a street of Berlin

Ukrainian women V. Zagura, I. Sushko, F. Grigorchuk, who were working in Berlin, are expressing thanks the Soviet soldiers for their liberation

M. Kantaria and M. Egorov hoisting the Victory Banner over the Reichstag

Red Army soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate

Жительницы города во время разгрузки картофеля, доставленного советским командованием для снабжения населения города

Soviet traffic controller is pictured on the square at the Brandenburg Gate after last fights of the Battle of Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Boris Pushkin/TASS

Граждане Франции, освобожденные советскими войсками из немецкого плена, на одной из улиц города после капитуляции Германии

• Советские солдаты во время боя на одной из улиц города в ходе Берлинской наступательной операции Красной армии, Берлин

• Колонна немецких военнопленных на одной из улиц после взятия города советскими войсками, Берлин

• Граждане Франции, освобожденные советскими войсками из немецкого плена

Ревизия немецкого склада представителем советского командования

Local people return to the city after the Battle of Berlin, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Local people repair the pavement damaged during the battles against Nazi invaders for the liberation of the city, Bernstein, April 1945. Photo by Fyodor Kislov/TASS

Знамя Победы на здании Рейхстага в г. Берлине.

Артиллеристы 154 гвардейского артполка 76 гвардейской Черниговской стрелковой дивизии в Берлине.

Советские солдаты и офицеры в Берлине во время встречи с представителями армии США. 1945 г.

Стелла в Берлине, 1945 г.

У Рейхстага. 1945 г.

У Бранденбургских ворот в Берлине.

Soldiers of the Red Army raise the flag of the Soviet Union over the Tempelhof airport after capturing Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Near the Brandenburg Gate, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

23171-КП Азовский музей заповедник

Фотография. Город Берлин, 4 мая 1945 г.

На снимке запечатлена городская улица, по которой движутся солдаты на конных подводах, идущие жители с повязками на рукавах. Здание частично разрушенные из окон видны белые полотна. В нижней части снимка сделана надпись: "Берлин 4 мая 1945 г." Фотографию в музей передали ветераны 47-ой гвардейской стрелковой дивизии, освобождавшие Гуково от оккупации.

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