War Cemeteries Testify To Final Battles Of WW2

HALBE, GERMANY - APRIL 15: Crosses stand at the German war cemetery and memorial, where tens of thousands of German combatants and civilians killed in 1945 are buried, southeast of Berlin on April 15, 2015 in Halbe, 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 end of World War II and the victory over Nazi Germany on May 8-9. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)