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A paper on the Soviet occupation of Berlin
In the early period of World War II, Germany captured more than half of Europe by relying on advanced operational ideas. However, in the face of the Soviet Union with deep strategic depth, Germany fell into a quagmire of protracted war. With the end of the battle of Stalingrad, the era when the Germans were invincible in the Soviet-German battlefield is gone forever. The Soviet army began to gradually seize the initiative in the battlefield, and many areas captured by the Germans were recaptured by the Soviet army.

By the end of World War II, Britain and the United States landed in Normandy, and Germany was in a desperate situation of fighting on two fronts. Under the attack of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, Germany has reached the end of the road, and the hope of making a comeback is almost zero. However, Hitler never gave up hope of victory. When the Soviet Union threatened Berlin, Hitler dreamed of repeating the German version of Stalingrad and making Berlin a new World War II? Turning point? . Hitler's ideal is hard to realize. During the Battle of Berlin, Germany assembled more than 800,000 troops, and the number of Soviet troops was more than three times that of the Germans.

Moreover, at this time, the Soviets were all battle-hardened veterans, and the Germans lost a large number of elites after several years of consumption. In fact, when the Battle of Berlin started, Germany still had millions of troops stationed in various war zones. If Germany withdraws these troops, the outcome of the war may change. However, the battlefield situation does not allow Germany to withdraw its troops. In the battle of Berlin, most of the Germans were killed by more Soviet and British and American troops. If these troops leave the battlefield, then Germany will surely collapse across the board.

Moreover, Hitler wanted to rely on the victory of the battle of Berlin to turn the situation around again. If all the troops leave the war zone to support the Berlin campaign, then Hitler will have no one to fight back. Facts have proved that Hitler's decision was very wrong. After Berlin was captured by the Soviet Union, Germany was forced to surrender to the Allies, and millions of Germans became prisoners. If they had taken part in the battle of Berlin, the Germans might have been able to hold on for a while.