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Originally Posted by Rochard
The Russians bombed the Chancellory for over a month before they could get to it. I don't believe the Russians knew the bunker was there or even if there was a bunker; Their goal was the Chancellory.
If I recall correctly, I have a book that says the first two people to discover the bunker was two Russian women. I'll have to find that.
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Because I love this stuff.....
I pulled out my copy of "The Bunker" and on page 354 it says... More or less.... Hannes, the radio operator, was the last person in the bunker - everyone else had fled. He saw a group of people walking down the tunnel from the Chancellory. It turned out it was 12 women from the Red Army Medical Corps. They asked him first about where Hitler was, and then they quickly asked about Eva Braun. They asked to be taken to her room, where they quickly helped themselves to Eva's "frilly things".
The first Russians into the bunker were nurses on a sight seeing trip. The Russians had no clue of where the bunker was; It was discovered by accident by nurses.