Tomorrow, May 2, is the anniversary of the surrender of Berlin.
Helmut Weidling, the commander of the Berlin Defence Area, unconditionally surrendered the city to General Vasily Chuikov
On the same day the officers commanding the two armies north of Berlin, General Kurt von Tippelskirch, commander of the German Twenty First Army, and General Hasso von Manteuffel, commander of the Third Panzer Army, surrendered to the Western Allies.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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