Berlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany
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FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of destruction in Berlin, after repeated Anglo-American air raids on the German capital. Seen on the left, center, is the heavily damaged building of the German Reichstag with its distinct cupola, in the background center are the remains of Lehrter Bahnhof, one of the city's train stations. (AP Photo, File)Eighty years after the end of World War II, holes from artillery fire are still visible on the facade of a house in the city center of Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)FILE - A view of the Berlin TV Tower, in the center of Berlin, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)A aeriel view of the area around the Reichstag Building with the glass dome, at center top, of Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)FILE - A view of the burned-out ruins of the German Reichstag in Berlin in this photo from August 1945, three months after the Nazis surrendered to the Allied Powers on May 8, 1945. (AP Photo, file)People walk in front of the Reichtag Building, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)FILE - Wreckage and debris fill Frankfurter Allee near Lasdehner Strasse in a working district in the eastern section of Berlin on July 31, 1945, following an allied aerial attack on Feb. 26, 1945, prior to the fall of the city. (AP Photo, File)A view of the former Frankfurter Allee, now Karl-Marx-Strasse in central Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)A tourist touches a hole from artillery fire. still visible on the facade of a house eighty years after the end of World War II, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Eighty years after the end of World War II, holes from artillery fire are still visible on the facade of a house in the city center of Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Tourists stand between the columns on Museum Island with holes from artillery fire from World War II, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of destruction in Berlin, after repeated Anglo-American air raids on the German capital. Seen on the left, center, is the heavily damaged building of the German Reichstag with its distinct cupola, in the background center are the remains of Lehrter Bahnhof, one of the city's train stations. (AP Photo, File)