Battle of Berlin

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World War II battle battle military offensive

The Battle of Berlin was the final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II, in which Soviet forces captured the German capital, leading directly to Nazi Germany’s surrender.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Berlin canonical	64
Berlin Offensive	15
Battle of Berlin (1945 ground battle)	1
Battle of Berlin (air campaign)	1
Battle of Berlin campaign	1
Battle of the Seelow Heights	1
Fall of Berlin	1
The Fall of Berlin 1945	1
fall of Berlin	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Berlin ⓘ surface form: Fall of Berlin
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ 2nd Polish Army ⓘ surface form: Polish Second Army Soviet Union ⓘ
casualtiesEstimate	hundreds of thousands ⓘ
civilianCasualties	very high ⓘ
commander	Adolf Hitler ⓘ Georgy Zhukov ⓘ Gotthard Heinrici ⓘ HeinrichHimmler ⓘ surface form: Heinrich Himmler Helmuth Weidling ⓘ Ivan Konev ⓘ Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ Vasily Chuikov ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
dateOfCityEncirclement	1945-04-25 ⓘ
dateOfGermanGarrisonSurrenderInBerlin	1945-05-02 ⓘ
dateOfHitlerSuicide	1945-04-30 ⓘ
endDate	1945-05-02 ⓘ
followedBy	German Instrument of Surrender ⓘ end of World War II in Europe ⓘ
involves	artillery bombardment ⓘ house-to-house fighting ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ
location	Berlin ⓘ
militaryUnit	1st Belorussian Front ⓘ 1st Ukrainian Front ⓘ 2nd Belorussian Front ⓘ Army Group Centre ⓘ Army Group Vistula ⓘ
objective	capture of Berlin ⓘ
opponent	Waffen-SS ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
precededBy	East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ Vistula–Oder Offensive ⓘ
result	Soviet victory ⓘ Battle of Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: fall of Berlin suicide of Adolf Hitler ⓘ unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany ⓘ
startDate	1945-04-16 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	directly led to German surrender ⓘ final major offensive in Europe during World War II ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
year	1945 ⓘ

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World War II → hasPart → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

European theatre of World War II → notableBattle → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Eastern Front → conflict → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

ETO → includesEvent → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

subject surface form: European Theater of Operations

Polish Armed Forces in the East → engagedInBattle → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Wehrmacht → conflict → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Battle of Berlin → result → Battle of Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Berlin

Battle of Berlin → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Berlin

Red Army → notableFor → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Allied bombing of Germany → notableOperation → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Berlin (air campaign)

Victory in Europe Day → followsEvent → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Reich Chancellery → damagedIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Vistula–Oder Offensive → followedBy → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Heer → activeInConflict → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

1st Polish Army → engagedInBattle → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Soviet Air Forces → notableOperation → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Offensive

Soviet-German Front → majorOperation → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

7th Panzer Division → tookPartIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Seelow Heights

Vasily Chuikov → conflict → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → conflict → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

RKKA → notableBattle → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

1st Belorussian Front → participatedIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

1st Ukrainian Front → participatedIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Offensive

Georgy Zhukov → notableWork → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Army Group Vistula → engagedIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

2nd Polish Army → engagement → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Offensive

East Pomeranian Offensive → followedBy → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Offensive

Third Reich → notableEvent → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

East Prussian Offensive → followedBy → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

8th Guards Army → notableFor → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

8th Guards Army → participatedIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Ivan Konev → participatedIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Offensive

Helmuth Weidling → participatedIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Battle of Berlin (air campaign) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Battle of Berlin (air campaign) → distinguishedFrom → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Berlin (1945 ground battle)

World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Vorbunker → usedDuring → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Lower Silesian Offensive → followedBy → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Offensive

Soviet Red Army advance from the east → keyBattle → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Offensive

Upper Silesian Offensive → followedBy → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Offensive

9th Army (Wehrmacht) → notableEngagement → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

9th Army → engagedIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Charlemagne Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Ninth Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Prague Offensive → precededBy → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Offensive

Alexander Novikov → participantIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Downfall → subject → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

2nd Guards Tank Corps → tookPartIn → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Battle of Bautzen → relatedEvent → Battle of Berlin ⓘ

Soviet Berlin Offensive Operation → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Berlin ⓘ