 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hitler akadzokera kuFührerbunker yake muBerlin pana 16 January 1945. Zvaiva pachena kuvatungamiriri veNazi kuti hondo yeBerlin yaizova hondo yokupedzisira yehondo muEurope. Varwi vanenge 325 000 veGerman Army Group B vakapoteredzwa uye vakabatwa muRuhr Pocket musi wa18 April, vachisiya nzira yakazaruka yokuti mauto eU.S. asvike kuBerlin. Pakazosvika 11 April vaAmerica vakanga vayambuka Elbe, kumadokero kweguta racho. Musi waApril 16, mauto eSoviet kumabvazuva akayambuka Oder ndokutanga hondo yeSeelow Heights, mutsetse mukuru wokupedzisira wokudzivirira unodzivirira Berlin kurutivi irworwo. Pakazosvika 19 April, vaGermany vakanga vava kudzokera shure kubva kuSeelow Heights, vasingasiyi mutsara wepamberi. Berlin yakarwiswa neuto reSoviet kekutanga musi wa20 April, uyo waivawo zuva rokuberekwa kwaHitler. Pakasvika manheru aApril 21, matangi eRed Army akasvika kumucheto kweguta. 