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  "path": "/history/166645-reichstag-assault-1945-soviet-troops-confusion-victory-banner/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T16:01:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://english.pravda.ru",
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  "textContent": "On April 30, 1945, the long-awaited words were broadcast in military reports: Red Army troops had taken the German Reichstag and raised the Banner of Victory above it. It was not yet complete victory – and, strictly speaking, it was not entirely true. The banner would be raised, but not quite in the way the report suggested. War is war. Victorious dispatches often outpace events.\nA Detail Worth Remembering\n\nThere was another curious detail in the storming of the Reichstag. It is a revealing episode, a reminder that in war even the smallest detail can alter the course of events in unexpected ways.\nWhen discussing the Berlin operation, historians tend to argue over who first raised the Banner of Victory. Yet another fact has largely escaped attention: the Reichstag itself could easily have been mistaken for another building.",
  "title": "'Are You Sure This Is the Reichstag?': How Soviet Troops Nearly Captured the Wrong Building in 1945"
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