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Final Defenders: The French Waffen-SS at Hitler’s Bunker in Berlin’s Last Stand

As Berlin faced its final collapse under the Soviet siege, a small band of French Waffen-SS volunteers from the Charlemagne Division fought fiercely in the ruins of Nazi Germany’s capital. Against ...
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Berlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany

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 ...
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The Last Hours in the Bunker: Berlin Falls, and So Does the Reich

Deep beneath the ruins of a dying capital, Hitler clung to a fantasy of salvation that never came. While Soviet troops stormed the streets above, torching block after block in brutal close combat, the ...
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Berlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany

Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over the Nazis in an intense fight for the German capital in May 1945. BERLIN (AP) — Central Berlin was in ruins after the ...