Transcript The Road to Berlin

The Road to Berlin
Falaise
Gap
Assassination
 July 20, 1944: Von Stauffenberg
attempted to bomb Hitler
August 26, 1944
 Allied Troops re-enter Paris
 Charles De Gaulle walks down the Champs de
Elysees
Battle of the Bulge
December 1944
Hitler launched his final major offensive in
the West through the Ardennes forest
Wanted to capture the port of Antwerp
Bastogne,
Belgium
 German troops surrounded the
American airborne
 Under siege from the German’s
 Rescued by Patton
McAulliffe
“Nuts”
January 1945
Battle of the Bulge
over. German
reserves are gone.
Yalta Conference
February 4-11,
1945:
It was the high
point of EastWest 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 Union
Wanted to build a sphere of
influence in Eastern Europe
To protect against future
threats from the West
Britain
Wanted 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, 1945
Hitler commits
suicide
In his bunker with
his new wife
May 8, 1945
V-E Day
Victory in Europe
Day
The last German
troops surrender