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Retaking Europe
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Cassinio
Succeed in breaking through the German line. Joining with the forces from Anzio, the Allied army quickly captured Rome. They faced more months of heavy fighting, however before the Germeans in northeren Italy finally surrendered in April 1945. By Marla -
D-day
4,600 invasion craft and warships slipped out of their harbors in southern England. As the ships crossed the English Channel, about 1,000 RAF bombers pounded German defenses at Normandy. Meanwhile, some 23,000 airborne British and American soldiers, in a daring nighttime maneuver, parachuted behind enemy lines. By Ken -
Liberating Paris
In Paris, an uprising started by the French Resistance freed the city from German control. On August 25, 1944, a French division of the U.S. First Army officially liberated Paris. That same day, General Charles de Gaulle arrived in the city, prepared to take charge of the French government. By Amber -
Battle of the Bulge
The Nazis fought desperately to defend their conquests. To the north, the Allied attack on the Netherlands faltered at the Rhine River. Meanwhile, Hitler reinforced the army with thousands of additional draftees, some as young as 15. Then, in mid-December 1944, Germany launched a counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg. The German attack smashed into the U.S. First Army and pushed it back, forming a bulge in the Allied line. By Ethan -
Germany Surrenders
As the Soviet army surrounded Berlin, Hitler refused to take his generals' advice to flee the city. Instead, he chose to commit suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin on April 30, 1945. A few days later, on May 8, 1945, Germany's remaining troops surrendered. By Billy
