Serious payback. In the assault on Berlin Zhukov lined up 9,000 guns and rockets along an 18.5 mile front on the Seelow Heights 35 miles from Berlin. That's one artillery piece every 11 feet. In the wee hours of April 16, 1945 as many as 500,000 shells were fired in the first 30 
minutes. For comparison, the massive Allied assault on the Gustav line in Italy in 1944 featured “only” 2,000 guns firing 174,000 shells over 24 hours. The British bombardment at the Battle of the Somme in World War I boasted 1,537 guns which fired 1.5 million shells over 4 days.
The Soviet crews at the Seelow Heights could have hit that total in about 90 minutes.
Result - Soviet victory
Suicide of Adolf Hitler and deaths of other high-ranking Nazi officials. Unconditional surrender of the Berlin city garrison on 2 May. Capitulation of German forces
Result - Soviet victory
Suicide of Adolf Hitler and deaths of other high-ranking Nazi officials. Unconditional surrender of the Berlin city garrison on 2 May. Capitulation of German forces
still fighting the battle outside Berlin on 8/9 May, following the unconditional surrender of all German forces.
End of World War II in Europe and the end of Nazi Germany.
End of World War II in Europe and the end of Nazi Germany.
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