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The '''Battle of Berlin''' was the climactic [[battle]] of [[World War II]] in [[Europe]]. Fought between the [[Soviet Union]] and the ailing forces of the [[Third Reich]], it represented the last stand of the [[Nazi]]s in their own [[capital city]] of [[Berlin]]. | The '''Battle of Berlin''' was the climactic [[battle]] of [[World War II]] in [[Europe]]. Fought between the [[Soviet Union]] and the ailing forces of the [[Third Reich]], it represented the last stand of the [[Nazi]]s in their own [[capital city]] of [[Berlin]]. | ||
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On [[28 April]], the same day [[Italy]]'s [[Benito Mussolini]] was [[Death sentence|executed]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'') Hitler found out about Himmler's secret surrender negotiations and branded him a traitor. He had Fegelein, one of Himmler's closest aides, executed for attempting to leave the Bunker. | On [[28 April]], the same day [[Italy]]'s [[Benito Mussolini]] was [[Death sentence|executed]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'') Hitler found out about Himmler's secret surrender negotiations and branded him a traitor. He had Fegelein, one of Himmler's closest aides, executed for attempting to leave the Bunker. | ||
On [[29 April]], Hitler [[Marriage|married]] Eva Braun. Goebbels was sent out into the streets of Berlin to find an official to conduct the ceremony. Eva signed her name on the marriage certificate as "Eva Hitler". Afterwards, Hitler dictated [[Will and Political Testament of Adolf Hitler|his Will and Political Testament]] to [[Adolf Hitler's secretary|a secretary]]. Denouncing both the [[Wehrmacht]] and [[Luftwaffe]] for their [[failure]], he named the highest ranking [[Kriegsmarine]] [[commander]], [[Admiral]] [[Donitz]], as his successor, and blamed the start of the war on a [[Jew]]<nowiki/>ish [[conspiracy]]. In the [[afternoon]], Joseph and Magda Goebbels held a [[party]] for their six children. | On [[29 April]], Hitler [[Marriage|married]] Eva Braun. Goebbels was sent out into the streets of Berlin to find an official to conduct the ceremony. Eva signed her name on the marriage certificate as "Eva Hitler". Afterwards, Hitler dictated [[Will and Political Testament of Adolf Hitler|his Will and Political Testament]] to [[Adolf Hitler's secretary|a secretary]]. Denouncing both the [[Wehrmacht]] and [[Luftwaffe]] for their [[failure]], he named the highest ranking [[Kriegsmarine]] [[commander]], [[Admiral]] [[Donitz]], as his successor, and blamed the start of the war on a [[Jew]]<nowiki/>ish [[conspiracy]]. In the [[afternoon]], Joseph and Magda Goebbels held a [[party]] for their six children. | ||
