![Berlin-Stresow Charlottenstraße](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Berlin-Stresow_Charlottenstra%C3%9Fe.jpg)
Charlotten Bridge (German ''Charlottenbrücke'') in
Spandau
Spandau () is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs () of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It is the smallest borough by population, but the fourth largest by land ...
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old town of Spandau on the west bank of the
Havel with the east bank.
It was one of the few bridges over which some of the German garrison of Berlin were able to escape during the night of 1 May 1945 just hours before the city fell to Soviet forces (see
Battle in Berlin
The battle in Berlin was an end phase of the Battle of Berlin. While the Battle ''of'' Berlin encompassed the attack by three Soviet Army Groups to capture not only Berlin but the territory of Germany east of the River Elbe still under German co ...
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Road bridges in Germany
Bridges in Berlin
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