 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waApril 20, zuva rake rokuzvarwa rechi56, Hitler akaita rwendo rwake rwokupedzisira achibva mu furers shelter achienda kumusoro. Mubindu rakaparadzwa reReich Chancellery, akapa Iron Crosses kuvarwi vechiduku veHitler Youth, avo zvino vakanga vachirwisana neRed Army pamberi pedyo neBerlin. Pakazosvika 21 Kubvumbi, 1st Belorussian Front yaGeorgy Zhukov yakanga yapfuura nekudzivirirwa kweGeneral Gotthard Heinricis Army Group Vistula panguva yeHondo yeSeelow Heightsuye vakafambira mberi kusvika kumucheto kweBerlin. Achiramba mamiriro ezvinhu akaipa, Hitler akaisa tariro yake pauto rakanga risina vanhu uye rakanga risina zvokushandisa zvakakwana Army Detachment Steiner, raitungamirirwa naFelix Steiner. Hitler akarayira Steiner kuti arwise rutivi rwokuchamhembe rwechigadziko, nepo Mauto Echipfumbamwe eGermany akarayirwa kuti arwise kuchamhembe mukurwisa kwepingi. 