Storm fortified cities with a special appearance and heavy fighting. Normally, when the threat environment in the city of troops leave him in order to preserve their combat capability. Obviously, in defending troops surrounded the city are doomed. Therefore, street battles in cities surrounded terms of military art are meaningless - unnecessary casualties on both sides. During the war, Soviet troops carried out
brainstorming only a few cities, on the orders of Hitler converted Germans are not surrendering the fortress. This Berlin, Konigsberg, Budapesh, Poznan, Tarnopol. Berlin operation (16.04 - 08.05), so then it causes severe emotional and polar assessment among military experts and amateur (including journalists) are not only interested in the history of the Second World War, but also loving "аlternative" solutions. What's the matter? Why is this operation is estimated so ambiguous? If you compare the operation of losses, then, indeed, we will see in it the biggest daily losses (15 thous. people a day were killed or wounded) in the offensive operations of the Red Army. However, as a result of its relative brevity irretrievable losses Berlin operation (4%, ie less than 10%) indicate its unconditional success. Large daily losses indicate here only the intensity of the fighting.