The Last Defenders of Berlin Weren’t German: What Really Happened?
In the final days of the Second World War, as Berlin collapsed under Soviet artillery and the Third Reich entered its last hours, some of the men still fighting in the streets were not German at all. This video uncovers the forgotten foreign defenders of Berlin, French, Scandinavian, Baltic, Spanish, Dutch, Latvian, and other European volunteers who found themselves trapped in the ruins of Hitler’s capital, fighting a doomed battle among burning buildings, shattered tanks, and civilians trying to survive. From the Waffen-SS units around the government district to the desperate last stands near the Reichstag and Führerbunker, this is the story of what really happened when foreign soldiers became some of the final defenders of Berlin in 1945.
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