Nevertheless, Bung hopes to initiate a debate about military equipment on memorials in public spaces because, according to the Berlin native, "the political conditions have fundamentally changed." Germany pledged to maintain and care for Soviet monuments as part of its reunification in the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany, also known as the Two Plus Four Agreement of 1990. Shortly after the war in Ukraine began, protesters covered one of Berlin's Soviet battle tanks with an Ukrainian flag Image: Kay Nietfeld/dpa/picture alliance But is that still appropriate, considering the ongoing war in Ukraine?įor Stefanie Bung, a lawmaker in the Berlin state parliament for the conservative opposition Christian Democrats party, the answer is clear. "Memorials must be preserved, but I call for the Russian-Soviet guns and tanks that are on display in Germany to be dismantled," she told DW. Ever since, they have stood as a symbol of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany as part of a vast memorial barely 500 meters (550 yards) from the landmark Brandenburg Gate. They were used at the end of World War II in the 1945 Battle of Berlin. We've gathered some of the book's most engrossing images below.To this day, Soviet tanks stand in the German capital. The text is by history and military expert Chris McNab, whose goal, according to the publisher, is to give readers the chance "to explore the detritus of this great, destructive conflict in every part of the world." (set for release in North America on July 6 $29.95). Over 150 fascinating photos of these wrecks and ruins appear in Abandoned World War II Aircraft, Tanks and Warships, a 224-page, globe-spanning collection published by London-based Amber Books Ltd. More than 75 years after the war's conclusion, tanks, watchtowers, ships, and aircraft can still be spotted rusting on Normandy beaches, slowly getting buried under Sahara sands, becoming mossy planters in Belorussian forests, and acquiring gilled tenants under Pacific waters. Proof of World War II's truly global scope can be found in the scattered remnants of the conflict left everywhere from Europe to Asia.
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