In the final days of April 1945, the Soviet Red Army launched a relentless assault on Berlin, culminating in the fierce battle for the Reichstag. Amidst this chaos, Adolf Hitler, ensconced in his ...
As Soviet artillery pounded Berlin into rubble, foreign SS divisions from France, Latvia, Scandinavia, and even Britain were thrown into the city’s final defense. Tanks closed in from every direction ...
Crossing Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin in 1986 was a surreal experience. As part of a United States Army escort, we left prosperous West Berlin and entered the Russian sector, East Berlin, into what ...