3. Fortress Berlin
Towards the end of the Second World War, a lot of top Nazi officials like Goring, Speer and Himmler had fled the city. The capital remained vulnerable in terms of military defense even though Hitler remained pigheaded. He created various military factions that were ill trained. These were the 90,000 members of the Hitler Youth (Children) and the Volkssturm (Old men). They were no match for the Allied troops and had pulled back to assume defensive positions by the time the Allied forces met at River Elbe on 25th of April, 1945.
Their only mission now was to help protect the city, which propaganda minister Goebbels dubbed as “Fortress Berlin”. Even Himmler, Hitler’s last and best defense military expert fled the city after being sacked for having reached out to the Western Bloc allied countries. He had approached Britain and the United States of America to try and forge a peace agreement. Hitler was desperate and even dismissed Göring for trying to take over command.
He ultimately committed suicide on April 30 along with a few close allies when he saw his fortress collapsing around him.