Gates of Vienna: The End of the Dream:
On May 8, 1945, Soviet troops entered Berlin, quickly wiping out the last German resistance whilst looting and raping amid the ruins of a once-proud city.
To the surviving residents of Berlin, it must have seemed that Götterdämmerung — which was what Hitler had predicted if the German people failed him and the Nazi cause — had indeed arrived. Ten years previously, or even five years previously, it would have been unimaginable that the great and glorious Third Reich would ever come to this.
Western Civilization is rapidly approaching the point when it will have to awaken from its own dream. But the analogy with the end of Nazi Germany is not particularly apt, since the Third Reich existed for a mere twelve years. And the crucial period of modern history, in which Europe was all but destroyed, lasted for only thirty-one years: from June 28, 1914 until the summer of 1945.
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Then and now -
http://www.wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/articles/jdecwar.html
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Actually The Soviets entered Berlin a little earlier. May 8, 1945 is the day Germany surrendered. The Battle for Berlin began on April 16,1945 at a place called Seelow Heights, the last river (Oder) defense line for the Germans. After breaking through The Russians were in the city on or about April 21st. Hitler and his wife committed suicide on April 30th when the Red Army was in the government quarter less than 400 yards from the bunker...
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