Video: 'Downfall: The Battle of Berlin 1945 (Documentary)' (May 2, 1945, at 19:53)

(Wednesday, May 2, 1945, 6:00 a.m. CEST; during the Battle of Berlin on the Eastern Front during World War II) — Berlin, greatest city of the European Continent, fell today to the Russians as German General Helmuth Weidling finally surrendered with his staff and 70,000 German troops laid down their arms.

Video: 'Battlefield S1/E6 - The Battle of Berlin' (May 2, 1945, at 1:51:38)

Fighting, however, continued to the north-west, west, and south-west of the city until the end of the war in Europe on 8 May (9 May in the Soviet Union), however, as German units fought westward so that they could surrender to the Western Allies rather than to the Soviets.

Video: 'WWII Triumph and Despair' (Berlin, May 1945 at 23:37)

Video: 'Blitzkrieg to the Bomb' (May 2, 1945, at 1:01:03)