![German soldiers in the Soviet Union during a December 1943 Soviet offensive on the eastern front. [LCID: 09579]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d44d9b1f-d7aa-4736-b90e-09e39a57387b.jpg "German soldiers in the Soviet Union during a December 1943 Soviet offensive on the eastern front. [LCID: 09579]")
German soldiers in the Soviet Union during a December 1943 Soviet offensive on the eastern front. German troops invaded Soviet territory in June 1941 but faced counteroffensives following the battle of Stalingrad. December 16, 1943.
Item View![German troops attack Soviet lines. Soviet Union, 1943-1944. [LCID: 09604]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/4103ddea-afe7-4780-9c08-f6b873ef9f87.jpg "German troops attack Soviet lines. Soviet Union, 1943-1944. [LCID: 09604]")
German troops attack Soviet lines. Soviet Union, 1943–1944.
Item View![Units of a German armored division on the eastern front in February 1944. [LCID: 09575]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d6d8b704-efb4-4159-b80b-c28ee41eef0e.jpg "Units of a German armored division on the eastern front in February 1944. [LCID: 09575]")
Units of a German armored division on the eastern front in February 1944. Soviet forces, largely on the offensive since the battle of Stalingrad, pushed German troops to the borders of East Prussia by the end of 1944. Soviet Union, February 1944.
Item View![A German soldier stands guard on the eastern front. [LCID: 09572]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/ca99d2e4-c76f-4d88-9a10-2bebbe2e2f77.jpg "A German soldier stands guard on the eastern front. [LCID: 09572]")
A German soldier stands guard on the eastern front. Soviet Union, February 28, 1944.
Item View![Soviet soldiers guard the entrance to Hitler's underground bunker. [LCID: 61949]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/1154dcc0-2e0f-4b86-be06-57ca3053d956.jpg "Soviet soldiers guard the entrance to Hitler's underground bunker. [LCID: 61949]")
Soviet soldiers guard the entrance to Adolf Hitler's underground bunker. Upon the advance of Soviet forces through the streets of Berlin, Hitler committed suicide here on April 30, 1945, rather than face capture. Berlin, Germany, 1945.
Item View![Soviet soldiers in a street in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin following the defeat of Germany. [LCID: 04813]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/abc5a2cd-1c15-40e4-9fac-8641424c2db9.jpg "Soviet soldiers in a street in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin following the defeat of Germany. [LCID: 04813]")
Soviet soldiers in a street in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin following the defeat of Germany. Berlin, Germany, after May 7, 1945.
Item View![Soviet soldiers in a street in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin following the defeat of Germany. [LCID: 04814]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d7c0d8b3-4b93-4398-a5ee-e84e8881c59c.jpg "Soviet soldiers in a street in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin following the defeat of Germany. [LCID: 04814]")
Soviet soldiers in a street in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin following the defeat of Germany. Berlin, Germany, after May 9, 1945.
Item View![Soviet soldiers in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin following the defeat of Nazi Germany. [LCID: 04817]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/2f76bfca-dee4-4e10-bbf7-d0edf41a5989.jpg "Soviet soldiers in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin following the defeat of Nazi Germany. [LCID: 04817]")
Soviet soldiers in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin following the defeat of Nazi Germany. Berlin, Germany, after May 9, 1945.
Item View![An African American soldier is among those members of the Soviet and US armed forces posing here upon the historic meeting of the ... [LCID: 02092]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/9af317a4-43c6-4793-915d-a902aba1d068.jpg "An African American soldier is among those members of the Soviet and US armed forces posing here upon the historic meeting of the ... [LCID: 02092]")
An African American soldier is among those members of the Soviet and US armed forces posing here upon the historic meeting of the two armies on the Elbe River. Torgau, Germany, April 26, 1945.
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