Seelow Heights

I thought the presentations today were both wonderful but I was really intrigued by the presentation of Seelow Heights. I thought it was interesting to see the two different theaters in Europe and how close they were to Berlin. Also I always thought that the Soviet Union was careless and did not care about how many men died. But I never looked at it as just wanting this war to end. The battle by itself seemed to be pretty tough and every inch was fought for. I was wondering during the presentation though what the German fortifications were like. Were they very strong or just huge cement barriers and fortifications? Also at this time did Hitler or his staff think they could get out of this or did they think they were doomed? Overall it was a great presentation though.