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The Allies set a series of attacks in Italy against the line of Monte Cossino, and they attempted to outflank it with landings of Anzio. By the end of January a major Soviet offensive expelled German Armies from the Leningrad Region, this ended the longest siege in history.
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After Hungary threatens to leave the axis Germany occupies and compel the regent.
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The Soviet offensive was halted by German Forces. This slowed Soviet operations in the Baltic Sea. By late may 1944 the Soviets had liberated Crimea. -
British Bomb Kolhn bringing the war home to Germany for the first time.
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Allied troops liberate Rome. Within six weeks, Anglo-American bombers could hit targets in eastern Germany for the first time.
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British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
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The Soviets launch a massive offensive in eastern Byelorussia (Belarus), destroying the German Army Group Center and driving westward to the Vistula River across from Warsaw in central Poland by August 1.
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Finland concludes an armistice with the Soviet Union, leaving the Axis partnership.
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After the war the Germans lost all pre-war territory that they had in 1937.
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Partisan units, led by Yugoslav Communist leader Josip Tito, capture Zagreb and topple the Ustasa regime. The top Ustasa leaders flee to Italy and Austria.
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Hitler commits suicide
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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After the atomic bomb Japan finally Surrendered.
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The Allies established an occupation administration on Germany and Austria.