assault on the Reichstag

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battle military assault

The assault on the Reichstag was the climactic Soviet attack on Nazi Germany’s parliament building in Berlin in April–May 1945, symbolizing the final defeat of the Third Reich in Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Red Banner over the Reichstag 1
assault on the Reichstag canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military assault ⓘ
cause Soviet offensive to capture Berlin ⓘ
combatant Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waffen-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander Georgy Zhukov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Helmuth Weidling NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vasily Chuikov NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
date April 1945 ⓘ
May 1945 ⓘ
endTime 1945-05-02 ⓘ
followedBy German surrender in Berlin ⓘ
end of World War II in Europe ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to the fall of Berlin ⓘ
preceded the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany ⓘ
symbolized the final defeat of the Third Reich in Europe ⓘ
hasPart raising of the Soviet flag on the Reichstag ⓘ
storming of the Reichstag interior ⓘ
historicalSignificance iconic image of Soviet victory in Europe ⓘ
location Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reichstag building NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaDepiction Soviet propaganda posters ⓘ
Soviet wartime photography ⓘ
militaryUnit 150th Rifle Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
171st Rifle Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
3rd Shock Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Raising a Flag over the Reichstag NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Battle of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Soviet encirclement of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
capture of the Reichstag building ⓘ
significantPlace Reichstag dome NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Berlin ⓘ
startTime 1945-04-30 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Nazi Germany’s parliament building ⓘ
seizure of central government district in Berlin ⓘ
symbolizes Soviet triumph in Europe ⓘ
end of the Third Reich ⓘ
victory over Nazi Germany ⓘ
timePeriod final days of the Battle of Berlin ⓘ
final phase of World War II in Europe ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Berlin Offensive Operation → keyEvent → assault on the Reichstag ⓘ
Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 → hasSymbol → assault on the Reichstag ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Banner over the Reichstag