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80 years ago today, the commander of the Berlin Defence Area, General Helmuth Weidling, surrendered to Lieutenant-General Vasily Chuikov, commander of the Soviet 8th Guards Army. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] Vijfsnippervijf 2 points 2 months ago

This is to be celebrated! Big thanks to the USSR for liberating western Europe as well. Without them and the Americans we were still stuck in Nazi Germany. O well, here we go again thanks to... America and Russia.