<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Berlin </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Eastern Front of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The Brandenburg Gate amid the ruins of Berlin, June 1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 16 April--2 May 1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Berlin, Germany 52 ° 31 ′ N 13 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.517 ° N 13.383 ° E ﻿ / 52.517; 13.383 Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ N 13 ° 23 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.517 ° N 13.383 ° E ﻿ / 52.517; 13.383 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Soviet victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Suicide of Adolf Hitler and deaths of other high - ranking Nazi officials </Li> <Li> Unconditional surrender of the Berlin city garrison on 2 May </Li> <Li> Capitulation of German forces still fighting the battle outside Berlin on 8 / 9 May, following the unconditional surrender of all German forces </Li> <Li> End of World War II in Europe and the destruction of Nazi Germany </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Soviets occupy what would become East Germany during the Partition of Germany later that year . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> <Li> Poland </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> 1st Belorussian Front: </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Georgy Zhukov </Li> </Ul> <P> 2nd Belorussian Front: </P> <Ul> <Li> Konstantin Rokossovsky </Li> </Ul> <P> 1st Ukrainian Front: </P> <Ul> <Li> Ivan Konev </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> Army Group Vistula: </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Gotthard Heinrici </Li> <Li> Kurt von Tippelskirch </Li> </Ul> <P> Army Group Centre: </P> <Ul> <Li> Ferdinand Schörner </Li> </Ul> <P> Berlin Defence Area: </P> <Ul> <Li> Hellmuth Reymann </Li> <Li> Helmuth Weidling </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Total strength: <Ul> <Li> 2,500,000 soldiers (155,900--c. 200,000 Polish People's Army) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 6,250 tanks and SP guns </Li> <Li> 7,500 aircraft </Li> <Li> 41,600 artillery pieces . </Li> <Li> For the investment and assault on the Berlin Defence Area: about 1,500,000 soldiers </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Total strength: </Li> <Li> 36 divisions </Li> <Li> 766,750 soldiers </Li> <Li> 1,519 AFVs </Li> <Li> 2,224 aircraft </Li> <Li> 9,303 artillery pieces </Li> <Li> In the Berlin Defence Area: about 45,000 soldiers, supplemented by the police force, Hitler Youth, and 40,000 Volkssturm </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Archival research (operational total) </Li> <Li> 81,116 dead or missing </Li> <Li> 280,251 sick or wounded </Li> <Li> 1,997 tanks and SPGs destroyed </Li> <Li> 2,108 artillery pieces </Li> <Li> 917 aircraft </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Estimated: 92,000--100,000 killed </Li> <Li> 220,000 wounded </Li> <Li> 480,000 captured </Li> <Li> Inside Berlin Defence Area: </Li> <Li> about 22,000 military dead </Li> <Li> 22,000 civilian dead </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Berlin </Th> </Tr>

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