War Cemeteries Testify To Final Battles Of WW2

SEELOW, GERMANY - APRIL 15: Agiant, bronze statue of a Soviet Red Army soldier stands at the Seelower Hoehen (Seelow Heights) Soviet war cemetery and memorial east of Berlin on April 15, 2015 in Seelow, Germany. Cemeteries for German and Soviet Red Army soldiers lie scattered across the region between Berlin and Poland, where 70 years before the final, ferocious battles took place as the Red Army advanced on Berlin in March and April of 1945. Historians estimate that up to 200,000 soldiers, militia fighters, civilians and medical personnel perished in the battles, which include the Battle for Seelow Heights (Seelower Hoehen) and the Battle of Halbe. Europe, Russia and the former Allied powers will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the victory over Nazi Germany on May 8-9. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)