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    After many days of hand to hand combat in Berlin and the suicide of Hitler and his second in command, the day for the unconditionally surrender of Germany came. On May 2, 1945, General Zhukov, the Soviet in command of the forces that took Berlin, accepted the
German surrender. In the days immediately before and after May 2, the Soviets took 2,000 prisoners.
    Stalin was now more concerned with gain as much
land as possible and moved his forces towards the Czechoslovakian capital of Prague. After a few days the capital fell into Stalin’s hands and it quickly turned Communist. The War in Europe ended officially on May 8, 1945 with the surrender of the Northern German Army to the Allies.

Josef Stalin

The Anti-Comintern Pact

The Beginning of Alliances

The Nazi-Soviet Pact

The Invasion of Finland

The Annexation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Shifting Sides

Operation Barabossa

"The Russians Lost the War in Eight Days"

Cold Winter

Moscow, Kiev, and Stalingrad

The Battle for Moscow

End of the Invasion of the Soviet Union

The Battle of Stalingrad

The Red Army Strikes Back

Soviets Push On

The Big Three Meet

Stalin's D-Day

The Yalta Conference

The Siege for Berlin

The Surrender of Germany

The Potsdam Conference