Ruins in Berlin, Germany near end of World War II, during Battle of Berlin. A U.S. jeep rolls past Soviet Russian officers in rubbled Berlin. A line of horse drawn wagons on a street. An old women is carried on a stretcher through debris, with Brandenburg Gate in background. Soviet soldiers smile and talk standing near wrecked buildings. A man rides a horse drawn wagon. White flags fly from wrecked buildings. Wrecked monuments and buildings. A burning building with flames seen through windows. Burned sign boards ripped down on a street. Civilians dig through rubble. Russian, British and U.S. soldiers mingle in the streets. A soviet soldier smokes a cigarette and plays music on an accordion as an American soldier listens.
Ruins in Berlin, Germany, following Battle of Berlin, near end of World War II in Europe. The Allied victory is celebrated with simple fireworks at night, as seen in the distance, with the damaged Brandenburg Gate in the foreground. Allied soldiers look at a burning building, with street intersection signs in front denoting Am Botanischen Garten and Unter den Eichen. Sweeping, elevated view of the heavily damaged city. Various wrecked statues and monuments. Closeup views of the somewhat damaged National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in front of the Stadtschloss. Closeup of what appears to be a Soviet woman soldier and Soviet male soldier relaxing against smaller sculptures at the base of the Kaiser Wilhelm equestrian statue within the monument. Camera pans wide views of destroyed major buildings in Berlin including the Reichstag and the significantly damaged Hitler Youth Headquarters building (Soho House) with sign "Hitler Jugend") over entry way, and round symbol containing a swastika inside a diamond shape. Civilians walk past various bombed buildings and landmarks of Berlin. A man pushes a trolley.
Ruins and rubble in Berlin, Germany following Battle of Berlin, near end of World War II in Europe. Exteriors of the damaged Berliner Sportpalast. A sketch depicts men playing sports. Cattle on a street. People move along streets beside bombed buildings, ruin, and debris. A jeep driven on a road. A tank on a street. Officers and soldiers pull a disabled tram or streetcar on tracks. Soviet Russian soldiers perform hopak dance.
The ratification of unconditional surrender by Germany being signed in Berlin, Germany after World War II. Allied officers on the streets of Berlin after the end of World War II. Damaged buildings. A damaged hotel in the city. The Brandenburg Gate. Aircraft lined up at an airfield. Officers including United States Army Air Force General Carl Spaatz and Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder discuss with Soviet officers. German Marshall Wilhelm Keitel arrives for signing the ratification of unconditional surrender. German Army school building where the ratification would be signed. Allied flags outside the building. Officers arrive at the building. Soviet Marshall Georgy Zhukov inside the building. Marshall Zhukov at a table. German representatives Marshall Keitel arrives and takes his place with Commanding Admiral of the Kriegsmarine Hans Georg Von Friedeburg and other officers. Keitel signs the ratification of surrender. Marshal Zhukov also signs for the Allies and shakes hands.
The damaged Tiergarten zoo in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. Views shortly after the war ended in Europe. A wrecked lion cage. A child in the foreground. Monkeys jump on rocks. A group of men, women and children at the zoo as they look at animals. Damaged church spire of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, or Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, with a monkey in the foreground. View of the large damaged Tiergarten Flakturm, an anti aircraft flak tower sometimes called the zoo bunker or zoobunker. Damaged cages with debris in the foreground. A baboon somersaults as officers and children look on and a boy throws food to the baboon.
Damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Church in Berlin, Germany due to Allied bombings during World War II. Wreckage spread around the area. A damaged church spire due to the bombings. Bomb damaged structures and walls inside the church.