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Soviets liberated Auschwitz in January 1945
After 5 years of torment and suffering Aushwitz was evacuated on January 7th 1945 by the Red Army. 17, 58,000 people who were forced to lbe at Aushwitz were liberated. -
Yalta Conference Feb 4-11
one of the goals was to establish peace
spheres of influence
worldwide freedom
pockets of dem and communism
free elections-poland
UN
German occupation -
Bridge at Remagen: March 7-8
After the battle of the bulg the americans saw an opportunity to advance forward and started operation lumberjack to reach the bank of Rhine. Seeing that Rhine was the last major geographical obstical for the U.S. army Hitler ordered it to be destroyed. on the morning of March 7th the german army sought out to destroy the bridg due to its foundation the brdge stood strong and the american moved quickly to gain controle of the east bank and sucured the bridg. -
Liberation of Buchenwald
On April 4 1945 the American troops liberated Buchenwald consetration camp. Durring the time of the liberation an underground resistance sent out a message to the Allies saying "To the Allies. To the army of General Patton. This is the Buchenwald concentration camp. SOS. We request help. They want to evacuate us. The SS wants to destroy us." Buchenwald was runing for 8 years befor evacuation. ” -
Battle of Berlin: April 16 - May 2
This battle was operated by the Soviet Union. The batttle went from the east to the south in Berlin. Its said from multiple sources that almost a quarter million people had lost their lives in the last 3 weeks due to this battle -
Battle of the Seelow Heights: April 16-19
This battle was 3 days long. The battle was between the Soviet Union and Germany. Berlin was both wanted by the soviets and the germans. close to 1 million soviets lost their lives in this battle. -
Benito Mussolini death on April 28,1945
As the power hungery Mussolini rose to powere he attemted to reign over the Mediterranean. He quickly over worked his army and partnered and relied on Hitler to succed in the war. In late April Mussolini tryed to flee spain and go back to Italy. On april 28 him and his mistress were executed. -
Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30,1945
In the month of April Hitlers army took a big hit form the American Army and the Red Army. Hitlers soliders were desperately trying to fight them off and Hiter saw that they were not succeding. He had used up alll his forces and tactick and his empire was turning into ashes. After he was informed of Mussolini's exicution he quickly got his affairs in order and commited suiside. -
Final German Surrender
-Allied forces begin to take large numbers of Axis prisoners.
- Mussolini's death
-Hitler's death
- German army surrenders in Berlin,Italy,Denmark and Netherlands -
Berlin Declaration June 5, 1945
USSR,U.S,France and GB own evrything that the Germans conquered. -
Potsdam Conference July 17-August 2, 1945
-Truman doesn't trust Stalin (vice-versa)
- British Prime Minister Winston Churchill wasreplaced by Prime Minister Clement Attlee,and FDR died ,U.S. President Harry Truman stepped in
-hinting at the new weapon
-encouraged stalin to fight Japan
-Stalin knew about the newbomb America was making
-wanted influence
-trials for nazi war criminals -
Treaty to End War with Germany
This treaty was signed by the allies. This Treaty allowed the following countries to have the right to qualify to be a part of the United Nations, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. It also stated that the Axis for the War reparations, and also discussed the land issues.
