{"id":93146,"date":"2025-04-19T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=93146"},"modified":"2025-04-18T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:03:59","slug":"downfall-the-battle-of-berlin-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/04\/19\/downfall-the-battle-of-berlin-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"Downfall: The Battle of Berlin 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8oxUZCKzPT8?si=xcYBE2Du3Wu4dLZ1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 6 Dec 2024<\/p>\n<p>April 1945. After nearly six years of war, the Red Army stands massed on the banks of the Oder River in eastern Germany. 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