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The Battle of Berlin Presented by: Matt Mullin, Danny Coleman Battle of Berlin : Basic Info Date: January 16, 1945 Location: Berlin Forces Involved: Mainly: Soviet Union, Poland, Germany, USA, British, French came in later. Forces Involved Soviet Union Poland 2,500,000 Soldiers 6,250 Tanks 7,500 Aircraft 41,600 Artillery Peices German 766,750 Soldiers 1,519 Armored Fighting Vhicles 2,224 Aircraft 9,303 Artillery Peices Hilter Youth and Police forces dragged into the army out of desperation. Starting the Battle The Soviets along with Polish allies integrated into their army, initiated the attack on Berlin. USA, Britain, and France held back, to give the Soviets and the Polish a chance to get revenge on the Nazis for what they had done to Poland and Russia throughout WW II. The Soviets set up two fronts to attack Berlin, one for the East, and one from the South. Leaders Nazis Gotthard Heinrici, surrendered. (Army group Vistula) Kurt von Tippelskirch, surrendered to US. (Army group Vistula) Ferdinand Schorner, surrendered to Soviets (Centre) Hellmuth Reymann, surrendered to Soviets (Berlin Defence) Helmuth Weidling, last to surrender to Soviets (Berlin Defence) Hasso von Manteuffel, surrendered US (III Panzer Army) Von Saucken, surrendered to US (II Panzer Army) Walther Wenck, surrendered to US (Twelfth German Army) - Adolf Hitler, suicide (Nazi Leader) Leaders, continued… Russian Leaders Georgy Zhukov (1st Belorussian Front) Vasily Chuikov (1st Belorussian Front) Konstantin Rokossovski (2nd Belorussian Front) Ivan Konev (1st Ukrainian Front) Joseph Stalin (Russian Leader) Battle of Oder-Neisse Force Strength: 1 million Russian troops and 20,000 + tanks broke through the final defenses of the Germans, defended by 100,000 Nazis with 1,200 tanks. Loses: Nazis: 12,000 Men Russians: 30,000 The Soviet Union claimed victory in this Battle. Battle of Halbe Soviets split the Nazi forces in two and began to surround them. German forces attempted to break out, but faile