The fighting of the Berlin operation was distinguished by great effort and tenacity on both sides. Already realizing that death was inevitable, the Hitler clique demanded that the German troops resist to the last bullet and to the last man... The famous military historian Peter Gostoni dedicated his book to the final stage of the Second World War: the large-scale offensive of the Red Army in the Vistula-Oder direction, the largest Berlin operation and the battle for Berlin. Based on the memories of eyewitnesses, the author describes in chronological order events of various scales taking place in theaters of war, in the political arena, in Stalin's government office, in Hitler's bunker. The book is equipped with maps, diagrams and photographic materials.