國防軍 A 隊確實試圖拯救希特勒。
A小隊的領導者是黨衛軍將軍威廉·莫恩克。他負責指揮一支由 1000 人組成的特殊部隊，旨在保護希特勒。莫恩克是一名真正的士兵，即使在戰爭初期的戰鬥中失去了一隻腳，他仍不斷晉升並繼續戰鬥。
許多故事都講述了莫恩克如何試圖將希特勒趕出柏林。第56 裝甲軍總參謀長齊格弗里德·納普(Siegfried Knappe) 少校在其著作《士兵》中討論了莫恩克如何試圖說服希特勒離開柏林，該書是對柏林戰鬥最後的最佳描述之一。莫恩克和魏德林將軍在元首地堡附近集結了一支重要部隊，其中包括許多坦克，例如虎式II坦克、半履帶車以及用於保護希特勒的特殊裝甲半履帶車。他們的計劃是利用莫恩克部隊的所有裝甲和 1,000 名戰鬥老兵，再加上另外 500 名精心挑選的逃跑士兵，打造一個「飛行楔子」。納普幫助制定了這一策略，並相信它能夠奏效。戰後，他被俄羅斯人俘虜，俄羅斯人將與希特勒有聯繫的人關進特殊監獄，並反覆採訪他們，以拼湊出希特勒生命的最後幾天。
然而，希特勒拒絕離開。他說他不想像狗一樣死去，也不想像逃亡者一樣睡在穀倉裡。他不想像馬戲團小丑一樣被人遊街示眾。納普對希特勒感到厭惡，看著人們在柏林「像狗一樣」死去，同時保護他。
莫恩克和希特勒最好的朋友兼私人飛行員漢斯·鮑爾再次試圖說服他前往坦普爾霍夫機場，那裡仍然有飛機和戰鬥機護航將他帶走。希特勒仍然拒絕。鮑爾和其他一些人試圖獨自抵達機場，但途中被炸毀。鮑爾失去了一條腿，但倖存下來，後來寫了一篇平淡的文章，講述了他與希特勒在一起的時光以及他的逃亡經歷，名為《我是希特勒的飛行員》。最後一架從柏林起飛的飛機是一架 BV-137 水上飛機，本來是用來攜帶希特勒遺囑的，但將其帶到飛機上的兩名少校沒有適當的文件，飛行員拒絕讓他們登機。他們逃離柏林，並將希特勒的遺囑交給弗倫斯堡的鄧尼茨。早些時候，Hannah Reitsch 乘坐 AR-96 飛行教練機逃離了柏林，這是最後可用的飛機之一。坦普爾霍夫的大部分空軍已於 4 月 25 日離開柏林，搭載納粹高級官員，這就是所謂的「鷹之飛行」。如果需要的話，希特勒仍然可以使用一些強大的飛機，包括 JU-277，以及 FW-190 戰鬥機護航。
同時，幾個戰鬥群成立，包括強大的慕尼黑裝甲師和霍爾斯特集團軍群，該集團軍群由兩個疲憊不堪的師組成，旨在與施泰納將軍聯繫並幫助救援柏林。然而，這些師陷入了激烈的戰鬥。霍爾斯特開小差逃到了溫克將軍的第12集團軍，溫克對他離開自己的部下感到非常不滿，以至於在戰鬥報告傳來時讓他坐在辦公室門口。
最後絕望的守軍，包括查理曼師和諾德蘭師以及被擊敗的第四集團軍的一些倖存者，在元首地堡堅持到了最後。這些仇恨布爾什維主義的狂熱戰士希望死去。只有約60人倖存，戰後除他們的指揮官外，全部被法國人處決。
希特勒自殺後，莫恩克驅散了裝甲部隊，但後來將其重新分成三個小組進行突圍。到那時，已經太晚了。突圍變成了一場屠殺，在大約一個小時的激烈戰鬥中，1000多名德軍士兵陣亡，而且他們從未接近突圍。莫恩克隨後決定率領一支戰鬥部隊，試圖透過地鐵逃跑，但在關鍵時刻被阻擋。幾輛 Sturmgessutz 3 坦克殲擊車和一輛半履帶車確實發生了爆炸，但很快就被遺棄並被燒毀。
在《背對柏林》一書中，黨衛軍軍士長威利·羅格曼講述了在地鐵站與俄羅斯人會面莫恩克和他精疲力竭的部下談判投降的情景。莫恩克拒絕了他們的加入，並使用各種伎倆設法離開了這座城市。他再也沒有見過莫恩克。 （後來，羅格曼被妻子的一位嫉妒的朋友出賣，並在投降後大約兩週被俄羅斯人俘虜。）
莫恩克被帶到莫斯科的盧比揚卡監獄，在那裡他受到酷刑並被單獨監禁，但他從未談論過他與希特勒在一起的時光或結局。
莫恩克確實是“A隊”，但到那時，已經來不及拯救希特勒了，而希特勒也不想被拯救。
The A-Team of the Wehrmacht did try to save Hitler.
The leader of the A-Team was SS General Wilhelm Mohnke. He was in charge of a special 1,000-man force created to protect Hitler. Mohnke was a true soldier who rose through the ranks and continued to fight, even after losing a foot in combat early in the war.
Many stories tell how Mohnke tried to get Hitler out of Berlin. Major Siegfried Knappe, part of the General Staff of the 56th Panzer Corps, discussed how Mohnke attempted to convince Hitler to leave Berlin in his book “Soldat,” which has one of the best accounts of the fighting in Berlin at the end. Mohnke and General Weidling gathered a significant force near the Führerbunker, including many tanks, such as Tiger II tanks, half-tracks, and a special armored half-track for Hitler's protection. Their plan was to create a “flying wedge” using all the armor and the 1,000 combat veterans from Mohnke’s unit, plus an additional 500 hand-picked soldiers for the escape. Knappe helped with the strategy and believed it could work. After the war, he was captured by the Russians, who kept people connected to Hitler in special prisons and interviewed them repeatedly to piece together the last days of Hitler’s life.
However, Hitler refused to leave. He said he didn't want to die like a dog or sleep in a barn like a fugitive. He didn't want to be paraded around like a circus clown. Knappe felt disgusted with Hitler, watching men die “like dogs” in Berlin while protecting him.
Mohnke, along with Hitler’s best friend and personal pilot, Hans Baur, tried again to convince him to go to Templehof Airport, where there were still planes and fighter escorts to take him away. Hitler still refused. Baur and some others attempted to reach the airport on their own but were blown up along the way. Baur lost a leg but survived and later wrote a bland account of his time with Hitler and his escape called “I Was Hitler’s Pilot.” The last plane out of Berlin was a BV-137 floatplane meant to carry Hitler’s testament, but the two majors who brought it to the plane didn’t have the proper documents, and the pilot refused to let them board. They escaped Berlin and delivered Hitler’s testament to Doenitz in Flensburg. Earlier, Hannah Reitsch had escaped Berlin in an AR-96 flight trainer, one of the last planes available. Most of the air force at Templehof had left Berlin on April 25, carrying high-ranking Nazis in what became known as “The Flight of the Eagles.” Some powerful planes, including a JU-277, were still available for Hitler if needed, along with FW-190 fighter escorts.
Meanwhile, several battle groups were formed, including the strong Panzer Division Müncheburg and Army Group Holste, which was made up of two worn-out divisions meant to link with General Steiner and help relieve Berlin. However, those divisions were caught in heavy combat. Holste deserted and escaped to General Wenck’s 12th Army, where Wenck was so upset with him for leaving his men that he made him sit by the door of his office while combat reports came in.
The last desperate defenders, including the Charlemagne and Nordland Divisions and some survivors of the shattered 4th Army, held out at the Führerbunker to the end. These fanatical fighters, who hated Bolshevism, expected to die. Only about 60 survived, and all were executed by the French after the war, except for their commander.
After Hitler killed himself, Mohnke dispersed the armored force but later regrouped them into three groups for a breakout. By then, it was too late. The breakout turned into a slaughter, with over 1,000 German soldiers killed in about an hour of fierce combat, and they never got close to breaking out. Mohnke then decided to take a combat unit and try to escape through the subways but was turned back at a crucial point. A couple of Sturmgessutz 3 tank destroyers and a half-track did break out but were abandoned quickly and burned.
In the book “With Our Backs to Berlin,” SS Master Sergeant Willi Rogmann recounts meeting Mohnke and his exhausted men negotiating a surrender in a subway station with the Russians. Mohnke refused their offer to join them and managed to leave the city using various tricks. He never saw Mohnke again. (Later, Rogmann was betrayed by a jealous friend of his wife and was captured by the Russians about two weeks after the surrender.)
Mohnke was taken to Lubyanka Prison in Moscow, where he was tortured and kept in solitary confinement, but he never spoke about his time with Hitler or the end.
Mohnke really was the “A-Team,” but by then, it was too late to save Hitler, and Hitler didn’t want to be saved.
It was a rough time in Berlin at the end of the war
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