Transcript The Road to the End

The Road to the End
Western and Italian Fronts - 1945
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Jan 1-17 - Germans withdraw from the Ardennes Forest.
Feb 4-11 - FDR, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta.
March 7 - Allies take only bridge on the Rhine at Remagen.
April 1 - U.S. troops encircle Germans in the Ruhr
April 12 - President Roosevelt dies. Truman is President.
April 18 - German forces in the Ruhr surrender.
• April 28 - Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian
partisans; Allies take Venice.
• May 2 - German troops in Italy surrender.
Eastern Front - 1945
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Jan 17 - Soviet troops capture Warsaw.
Jan 26 - Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.
Feb 4-11 - FDR, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta.
March 6 – Germans defend oil fields in Hungary
unsuccessfully.
March 30 - Soviet troops capture Danzig, Poland
April 16 - Soviet troops begin final attack on Berlin
April 21 - Soviets reach Berlin.
April 30 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
To Make it Simple…
THE WAR IS OVER
VE Day Time’s Square
Ending the War - 1945
• May 7 - Unconditional surrender of Germany
• May 8 - V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.
• June 5 - Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and
take over the government.
• June 26 - United Nations Charter is signed in San
Francisco.
• July 1 - U.S./ GB/ French troops move into Berlin.
• Oct 24 - United Nations is officially born.