Battle-Set 1945 Fall of the Reichs

Model No.: 510006195
Description: 1:72 Battle Set 1945 Fall of the Reich
Model Dimensions: 68 x 30 cm
Laser-cut MDF Reichstag - Russian and German infantry - T-34/85 Russian tank - FlaK 37 8.8 cm gun with crew
Size of the model: 68 cm

The "Battle of Berlin" heralded the end of the Second World War in the European theatre. This major offensive launched by the Soviet Red Army, after breaching the German defensive lines on the Oder River, moved directly to the capital of the Third Reich. The city itself was defended by Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, Hitler Youth, and Volkssturm soldiers, and was the setting for the final and most intense clashes of the war. The Soviet forces, led by Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Konev, with overwhelming superiority in soldiers, vehicles, and artillery, forced the surrender and capitulation of the city on 2 May 1945. The Reichstag building, seat of the Reich parliament, held significant symbolic value and was the stage for the final acts of the conflict in Europe. The image of a Red Army soldier raising the Soviet flag on the ruins of the Reichstag at the end of the Battle of Berlin is one of the most iconic images of the Second World War.