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Assassination July 20, 1944: Von Stauffenberg attempted to bomb Hitler
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The Road to Berlin
Falaise Gap
Assassination
July 20, 1944: Von Stauffenberg attempted to bomb Hitler
August 26, 1944Allied Troops re-enter Paris
Charles De Gaulle walks down the Champs de Elysees
Battle of the BulgeDecember 1944
Hitler launched his final major offensive in the West through the Ardennes forest
Wanted to capture the port of Antwerp
Bastogne, BelgiumGerman troops surrounded the
American airborne
Under siege from the German’s
Rescued by Patton
McAulliffe
“Nuts”
January 1945Battle of the Bulge over. German reserves are gone.
Yalta ConferenceFebruary 4-11, 1945:
It was the high point of East-West relations in the war
United States
Roosevelt wanted military support for the war against Japan
Wanted the Soviet Union to participate in the United Nations
Soviet UnionWanted to build a sphere of influence in Eastern Europe
To protect against future threats from the West
BritainWanted to secure free
election for Soviet liberated countries
This goes against what Stalin desires
Division of Germany
Three zones of occupation
Same for Berlin
Demilitarization and denazification
Liberation of Holland
After D-Day and Falaise Canadian troops move towards Holland
Liberate Holland from the Nazis on May 5, 1945
East meets West
April 25, 1945 U.S. and Russian Forces meet on the Elbe River
April 30, 1945Hitler commits suicide
In his bunker with his new wife
May 8, 1945V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day
The last German troops surrender
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