OT: Happy VE-Day + 80 years

The big thing to them was that they walked and battled through the country for months and were right there. These men wanted to be the ones to take him down
 
The big thing to them was that they walked and battled through the country for months and were right there. These men wanted to be the ones to take him down

No doubt. But the Russians would have gotten a piece of Berlin anyway (I believe it was already agreed to) so in a cold calculation what was the benefit of suffering those additional deaths and casualties?