The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-03
1lNO GERMANS
TAKEN IN BERLIN
Continued from Page one)

.hp DltleLe0t
d ,, n' Of all tine.
Thus t'1 staIjn described as 1.-The
tai Fnl o4 German Imperialism n and
esntsr " " German aggression,' and
heart ear. % aitler had proclaimed as the {.
Valca - mis- his thousand-year Reich
' e t, s9 5ss a. that ii ni ID b 1sss
than IN IN blood and suffering: -
born ~ nreatest city ever to fall in
The E q the history Of warfare,
bsta I', i Il a 34l-square mile monu-
BERN 10 o. the death Of millions and
men, N. ~ diseased ambition Of one
n 70 '' Adolf Hitler. i, o,. ,,,,,,
nv" no ~ known with accuracy, but
never s-o " the war that greatest OF
'elo ,ieental cities had a popula-
e '. NJ $4,000, and only Monday
ao III. " tbe Russians announced
,as+ The fanatical Nazi defenders
S ss, killing many of the civilians
with the fire
The fury Of that defense was
everything that Hitler -, had SAID
. !. mon1d be, and even Wednesday
Il .t sg his dwindling cohorts
s s!' contended via the Hamburg
n nsJ;o that resistance in Berlin
5 rss mot yet broken even while
, ~" that the garrison had
b ae ripped into isolated pockets.
Two hours after the broadcast
\, StaIn's announcement that
Berlin had fallen, the Hamburg
-adio said "tne defenders in the
psrIjn government quarter still
,rs holding out. Fiercest fighting
It'll is raging around the Wilhelm
..rasse areas. where the Russians
~ere able to effect further breach
&C Tnev are attacking both from
M northeast and the south in
ceaseless waves with huge masses
NJ men and material"
The Hamburg broadcast might
signify refusal of Admiral Karl
Doenitz's forces TO admit the loss
NJ Berlau. or might denots Nat
in the last chaotic hours the Ber--
lin garrison had failed to report
to Hamburg.
That garrison surrendered at 3
pm., European time, according to
Stains announcement, and by 9
on. 10000 men had been num-
bered as prisoners.
The finale came in the inner
most heart of the city, in the gov
eminent district that had been
Hitler's pride, and in the pillboxes
and underground Qualifications of
the nce-attractive Tiergarten.
The Russians announced few de-
tails Of the last day of the German
capital, which by one day missed
falling On the traditional Soviet
May-day holidays
But during the days Of siege
and isolation, both they and the
Germans had told of gigantic,
never-waning conflict that ragged
in the air, On the rooftops, in
houses and in the streets, and in
cellars and the extensive subway
tunnels-a conflict that progressed
yard by yard as Nazi fanatics
shot any person who even men
toned the words surrender" or
retreat
Yet surrender they did at last,
to Red Army men who had Tough,
scross a continent. 1850 miles
from the ruins of Staling-ad since
the Nazi tide reached the flood al
that Volga city in January, 1913.
Whatever feebly Pickering hopes
the ragged, holloW-eyed survivors
Of Berlin may have had Of mi1acu.
lous last-minute salvation were
snufted out when Stain announced
the destruction of the German
Ninth Army, which had been en-
circled for a week southeast Of
Berlin and had tried in vain te
break back into the capital.
Then came the st-ategically i'm
portant but less dramatic advance
OF the second White Russians alone
the Baltic coast, taking Rostocl
and seven other towns.
ms placed the Russian but q
miles from the British who tool
t me Baltic ports Of Lubbock ane
Nlsmar in a sparkling airborne
coup.
remaining TO the Germans nortf
o. Inc ashes Of Berlin was only +:
WISHING virtually indispensable
ZIP I'm on the Mecklenburg plair
sooot 80 riles wide and steadil,
Narrowing.
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