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Liberation of Concentration Camps
in the summer of 1944, the Soviets also overran the sites of the Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka killing centers. The Germans had dismantled these camps in 1943, after most of the Jews of Poland had already been killed. The Soviets liberated Auschwitz, the largest killing center and concentration camp, in January 1945. -
Battle of the Bulge
fought in Wallonia Belgium, france, and luxembourg on the western front of Europe. Eric von Manstein planned the German attack with the main goal to recapture the harbor of Antwerp.It was supposed to be a suprise attack, but the U.S army's intelligenc staffn intercepted German comminications that indicated a 'substantial" operatin in plan, although they could not predict when would happen. Germany was was still totally silent in all of their moves, moving soldiers during the night. Around that t -
Battle of berlin
In Berlin, was between Soviet Union and poland vs germany. Starting on 12 January 1945, the Red Army breached thGerman front when the offensive resumed, two Soviet fronts (army groups) attacked Berlin from the east and south, while a third overran German forces positioned north of Berlin. The battle within the city lasted from 20 April until the morningof 2 May -
Operation Spring Awakening-hungary
Was the last major German offensive of World War ll. The offensive was launched by the germans as a secret on 6 March 1945. The German attacks were centered in the Lake Balaton area. They were supposed to push the battle east against the soviet 27th Army. That part of the army would fight through the Soviet 6th Guards and move along the Danube River to retake Budapest. The germans ended up being outfought and lost 12,358 out of 465,050 men. The Soviets lost only 8,492 killed out of 431,000 m -
Benito mussolini
died on April 28, 1945, in Mezzegra, Italy . He was an Italian politician and leader and creator of the National fascist party. In 1940 he led italy into the war on the side of the nazi’s. His military was much weaker than he thought it would be and by 1945 he was reduced in power. In april of 1945 the allies broke through the last of the German defences in Northern Italy. He fled the battle but was captured with him and his wife two days later anti-fascist partisans, and was assassinated -
Adolf Hitler died on april 30th, 1945 by suicide
died on april 30th, 1945 by suicide. By early 1945 hitler's third reich was disintegrating fast and germany was losing a lot of battles and soldiers. In early January Hitler retreated to his Führerbunker in Berlin. Hitler new that the battle of Berlin was going to be the last nazi battle. On april 22nd Hitler freaked out and had a breakdown because his orders were not followed in berlin. Hitler announced that he would stay in berlin until the battle was over and then shoot himself. -
Prague Offensive
prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. last major Soviet operation of World War II in Europe. fought on the Eastern Front from 6 May to 11 May 1945. On 1 May 1945, before Berlin was subdued, Stalin issued orders directing the 1st Belorussian Front to relieve the 1st Ukrainian Front in the Berlin area so that the latter could regroup to the south along the Mulde River and drive on Prague. Ending a separate 1st Ukrainian Front operation, 40,000 German troops -
Final German surrender
The first Instrument of Surrender was signed at Reims, at 02:41 Central European Time (CET) on 7 May 1945. The signing took place in a red brick schoolhouse that served as the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). It was to take effect on may 8 -
Berlin Declaration
is a major international statement on open access / access to knowledge. It emerged in 2003 from a conference on open access hosted in the Harnack House in Berlin by the Max Planck Society. Organizations that commit to implementing this definition of open access can sign on to the declaration. As of October 2007, more than 240 scientific organizations had signed the declaration. By Open Access Week 2013, 451 organizations had signed the declaration. -
yalta
World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. The conference convened in the Livadia Palace near Yalta in Crimea.