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