But that wasn't before 80,000 Soviets and an estimated 300,000 Germans were dead.
On April 21, 1945, the Soviet shelling begins and the troops enter the city in what becomes a ground offensive. Years of Allied bombing had already left the German city of Berlin in ruins. After just a few days, the Berlin garrison surrendered to the Soviet army. That was May 2, 1945. Hitler and many of his followers committed suicide. But that wasn't before 80,000 Soviets and an estimated 300,000 Germans were dead.