The Führerbunker By facebooker_1014365340 Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Apr 30, 1945 Hitlers Bunker Jan 16, 1945 Hitler takes up residence in bunker The Bunker Apr 16, 1945 The Red Army started the Battle of Berlin by attacking German front line positions on the rivers Oder and Neisse. Battle of Berlin Apr 19, 1945 Soviet spearheads had broken through and the Germans were in full retreat. Soviet Spearheads Apr 20, 1945 Hitler made his last trip to the surface and awarded Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth. Hitler Youth Apr 21, 1945 Hitler ordered Steiner to attack the northern flank of the encircling Soviet salient Soviet Propaganda Apr 22, 1945 Hitler fell into a tearful rage when he realised that his plans of the day before were not going to be carried out. Apr 23, 1945 Hitler appointed General of the Artillery, Helmuth Weidling as the commander of the Berlin Defense Area Helmuth Weidling Apr 25, 1945 The Soviets had consolidated their investment of Berlin, and leading Soviet units were probing and penetrating the S-Bahn defensive ring. Soviets in Berlin Apr 26, 1945 While flying over Berlin, von Greim was seriously wounded by Soviet anti-aircraft fire. Von Greim Apr 28, 1945 Hitler learned that Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler had contacted Count Folke Bernadotte in Lübeck to offer Germany's surrender to the western Allies Heinrich Himmler Apr 28, 1945 General Wenck reported to Keitel that his Twelfth Army had been forced back along the entire front. General Wenck Apr 29, 1945 Hitler married Eva Braun in a small civil ceremony in a map room within the Führerbunker. Hitler and Eva Braun Apr 30, 1945 Hitler shoots himself and Braun takes cyanide Hitlers dead, news report
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