Front Page | Years | Themes | Witness Video and audio from the BBC News archive WWII and 1950-2005. This site is archived and no longer updated.1945: Red Army enters outskirts of Berlin Russian troops capture some outlying suburbs of Berlin at the beginning of what promises to be a bitter battle for control of the city.
1975: Vietnam's President Thieu resigns The President of South Vietnam steps down accusing the United States of betrayal in a blistering attack broadcast to the nation
