
They Saw Red
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Red Army of Berlin
In. Zukov wants to be the one to deal the death blow to berlin, but he's been slowed down by a stubborn pocket of german resistance in an area called the silo heights. But eventually he grinds it down and assembles his men for the final assault. The red army's artillery bara of the city begins shortly afterward, over a million shells are fired on the first day. Many germans are living most of their waking hours in underground bunkers. They are packed so tight that many people can't even move, and have to stand for 12 hours a day. It was absolute chaos. And the exhausted german soldiers put up a decent fight,
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