In May 1945, the Red Army barreled into Berlin and captured the city, the final step in defeating the Third Reich and ending World War II in Europe.

A statue commemorating so-called comfort women during World War II is displayed in a residential area of Berlin in October 2020. ( (Markus Schreiber / Associated Press)) ...

Berlin, the epicenter of Adolf Hitler's power, was the ultimate prize as the Allies closed in from east and west on the disintegrating German defenses in the final stage of World War II. The final ...

Berlin, keystone city in the shoddy Nazi structure, was the masterpiece of all the senseless, suicidal last stands the Germans had painted in blood and flames along the roads back to it. The world ...

Eighty years after the end of World War II, holes from artillery fire are still visible on the facade of a house in the city center of Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus ...

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.