Battle of Berlin (1945)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties High on both sides
gptkbp:civilianCasualties Mass civilian casualties and displacement
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:Ivan_Konev
gptkb:Vasily_Chuikov
gptkb:Georgy_Zhukov
gptkb:Helmuth_Weidling
gptkbp:endDate 2 May 1945
gptkbp:followedBy German surrender
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Led to the end of Nazi Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Berlin (1945)
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:1st_Belorussian_Front
gptkb:1st_Ukrainian_Front
gptkb:German_Army_Group_Centre
gptkb:German_Army_Group_Vistula
gptkbp:location gptkb:Berlin
gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Death_of_Heinrich_Himmler
gptkb:Death_of_Joseph_Goebbels
gptkb:End_of_Third_Reich
gptkb:Capture_of_the_Reichstag
Evacuation of civilians
Adolf Hitler's suicide
Soviet flag raised over Reichstag
Mass surrenders of German troops
Breakout attempts by German forces
Capture of Hitler's bunker
Destruction of infrastructure in Berlin
Division of Berlin after the war
Division of Berlin into occupation zones
Looting and violence after the battle
Mass suicides in Berlin
Soviet encirclement of Berlin
Start of Allied occupation of Berlin
Surrender of Berlin garrison
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Hitler_Youth
gptkb:Red_Army
gptkb:SS_units
gptkb:Volkssturm
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Vistula–Oder_Offensive
gptkbp:result Soviet victory
gptkbp:significance Final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II
gptkbp:startDate 16 April 1945
gptkbp:strategicObjective gptkb:Capture_of_Berlin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Polish_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6