” Battle of Berlin
Result: Soviet victory
• Death of Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officials
• Unconditional surrender of German garrison in Berlin on 2 May
• Capitulation of Germany on 8 May
• End of World War II in Europe
V-E day is celebrated on May 8th, when Germany capitulated to the Soviets.”
World War II was essentially a Russian victory, something conservatives are reluctant to admit because the Russians were “commies.” But although we make a big deal of our “victories” on D-Day and at the Battle of the Bulge, those are like minor skirmishes compared to Stalingrad. Stalin may have been a “commie,” but he saved the world from Hitler, and for that, we should be grateful.
The Americans and the Brits did more than the Soviets. We cleared North Africa, Italy, France, and did all the strategic bombing which so hobbled Germany. We also supplied decisive levels of logistics to the Soviet efforts.
Just because Stalingrad had a higher death toll than the battles of the Americans does not make it a more decisive battle. The Ruhr was the industrial center of Germany and the air and later Allied ground war against the Ruhr was of utmost importance.
The Soviets were indeed horrid commies and were guilty of countless humanitarian atrocities of which the Katyn Forest Massacre is one of the more famous. Their treatment of the other “liberated” eastern European countries provided many more examples.