April 2

Berlin, Germany • April 2, 1945 In the spring of 1945 senior leaders of the Third Reich were growing pan­icky. In the west, Amer­i­can troops had suc­ceeded in crossing the Rhine River at Remagen 35 miles/­56 kilo­meters south of Cologne on March 7 and were advancing into the German heart­land. In the east, the tracks of Soviet mech­a­nized…

Berlin, Germany · April 2, 1945 In the spring of 1945 senior leaders of the Third Reich were growing pan­icky. In the west, Amer­i­can troops had suc­ceeded in crossing the Rhine River at Remagen 35 miles south of Cologne on March 7 and were ad­vancing into the Ger­man heart­land. In the east, the tracks of Soviet mech­a­nized…