And there was me thinking the Red Army arrived in Berlin on a coach trip.................
A subject which has been argued over endlessly, but as this thread is mainly concerned with air operations, and in particular the bombing offensive, it has to be said that the the Soviet Air Force played a very minor part in strategic bombing operations. It was primarily a tactical battlefield force, and was undoubtedly very effective in support of the Red Army, but there is no doubt that the Soviet advance Westward profited greatly from much weakened German defences, thanks to the combined efforts of the US 8th Army Air Force and RAF Bomber Command.