File:The Lost Evidence The Battle Of Berlin (1 5)

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On 16th April 1945, 9000 Russian guns unleashed a devastating bombardment on German troops manning the outer defences of Berlin. More than a million Red Army  soldiers had assembled to smash their way through to the heart of the city. Time had run out for Adolf Hitlers Third Reich.

However, the battle-hardened veterans of the Red Army faced an enemy fighting with a ferocity born of desperation. In the streets of the city, their tank  formations become easy prey for fanatical tank hunting teams of  SS  men and boys of the  Hitler Youth. Furthermore, at the heart of the defence effort was Hitler himself. The beleaguered Fuhrer doggedly refused to admit defeat, demanding endless suicidal counterattacks.

We see aerial reconnaissance photographs taken during the course of the battle. The majority of these aerial images have not been seen for sixty years. They have been combined with cutting edge computer graphics to create three dimensional models of Hitlers embattled capital city. For the first time, it is possible to follow the dramatic and bloody progress of the savage battle which brought the war in Europe to an end.