In 1945, Soviet troops reached the underground heart of the German High Command
Soviet forces breached the secret underground nerve center of the German military in 1945, signaling the imminent collapse of the Nazi regime during the final chaotic days of the war.
On April 21, 1945, Soviet troops reached Zossen, the site of the German High Command's sophisticated underground headquarters. Known as 'Maybach I and II,' these bunkers were the technological heart of the German war effort, containing advanced communications systems that linked Berlin to every front.
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