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The Battle of Berlin, Germany 1945 | Marienkirche | Easy Red 2 Mod

4/25/1945 Map and Mission by Talent( 人才) https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/f... During the Battle of Berlin, St. Mary’s Church (Marienkirche) stood amid some of the fiercest fighting in the city’s historic core. Located near Alexanderplatz, the medieval church found itself surrounded by Soviet troops advancing from the east in late April 1945. The area around it was heavily contested as Red Army units pushed through streets packed with barricades, wrecked trams, and rubble-filled buildings defended by Volkssturm, Hitler Youth, and remnants of regular German units. Artillery fire, tank shells, and airbursts tore through the neighborhood, and Marienkirche suffered damage from nearby explosions, though its basic structure survived the battle. As Soviet forces broke through toward the Spree and central government district, Marienkirche became a silent witness to the collapse of German resistance in eastern Berlin. Civilians sheltered in nearby cellars while Soviet infantry and armor cleared surrounding blocks in brutal, close-range combat. When the fighting moved westward toward the Reichstag, the church remained standing amid widespread destruction, later becoming part of East Berlin after the war. Its survival—despite damage—made it one of the few tangible links between Berlin’s medieval past and the catastrophic final days of the Third Reich.