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Originally Posted by Raptor1
These odds aren't really overwhelming, so, despite huge Warsaw Pact superiority in firepower and artillery, I'd give the Berlin garrison quite a bit more than 6-8 hours to survive. My estimate is that the Berlin garrison would fall a day or a day and a half after the start of the offensive (With possible holdouts for a bit later), which means about 2 days after the start of the war.
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Yea I would say they would last more than hours. Urban fighting is difficult for an attacker. Look what Col. Frost's men did at Arnhem. They held on for four days- two days of serous fighting with little supplies, plus stragglers were still being found by the Germans on day five.