The moment they handed me the flag, I knew this wasn’t about victory—it was about image. I was just a lieutenant from Kazakhstan, ordered to plant that red banner on the Reichstag roof before May…
The famous photograph of Soviet soldiers raising the red flag over the ruined Reichstag is one of the most iconic images of the Second World War. It has come to symbolize the Soviet Union’s victory in the Battle of Berlin and the destruction of Nazi Germany. There is only one problem with it. The photograph … Read more