 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stalin akarayira Hondo Tsvuku kuti ifambe nokukurumidza mumutsara wakakura kupinda muGermany nokuti haana kudavira kuti vaAllies vokuMadokero vaizopa nzvimbo dzavakanga vakagarisa, apo iye akaita kuti kutora Berlin kuve chinangwa chikuru. Pashure pokubudirira kubata East Prussia, mativi matatu eRed Army akaungana pamwoyo peGermany yokumabvazuva, uye Hondo yeOder-Neisse yakaisa vaSoviet pamasuo chaiwoiwo eBerlin. Pakazosvika April 24 zvikamu zvehondo mbiri dzeSoviet zvakanga zvakapoteredza Berlin. Musi waApril 20 1st Belorussian Front yaZhukov yakanga yatanga kupfura kukuru kweBerlin uko kwaisazoguma kusvikira guta razvipira. Pana April 30, 1945 Hitler naEva Braun vakazviuraya, pashure pacho mauto eSoviet akawana zvitunha zvavo, izvo zvakanga zvapiswa pakurayira kwaHitler. Mauto akasara echiGerman akazvipira zviri pamutemo pasina mvumo musi wa 7 Chivabvu 1945. Vamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika vanoti Stalin akambononoka kurwisa kwekupedzisira kweBerlin nemwedzi miviri kuitira kuti atore dzimwe nzvimbo nekuda kwezvikonzero zvematongerwo enyika, izvo zvavanoti zvakapa Wehrmacht nguva yekugadzirira uye kuwedzera kweSoviet kurasikirwa kwakapfuura mazana mana ezviuru; vamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika vanopokana nenhoroondo iyi. 