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Title:Germany: World War II - The Battle Of Berlin
Date:16th April 1945
Summary:Allied aerial bombing during World War II cost Berlin an estimated 52,000 dead. Another 100,000 civilians died in the Battle of Berlin launched by the Soviet army on April 16 1945. Berlin's residential districts, factories, military facilities, streets and cultural buildings were pounded into the sandy plain. In the aftermath of Bombardment, the Trummerfrauen (the rubble women) cleared the refuse. The war left Berlin with a population 70 per cent female.
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Location:GERMANY BERLIN
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