Starting the year in January, the Allies are able to So the Allies have won in Europe, but everything is not over yet. Essentially the war is won in Europe at this point, and that's made official on May 8th, May 8th, which is a good day to remember, known as VE Day, Victory in Europe, Victory in Europe Day. Several other major leaders, Nazi leaders, commit suicide as we go into this period right over here. So, Hitler commits suicide, and he's not the only one. Soviets are able to take Berlin, and maybe most importantly, April 30th, Hitler commits suicide. Mussolini gets capturedĪnd then gets executed. They're able to push Axis forces outside of Italy. It's in April that as you can see, as you get into April and May, the Allies are able to essentially occupy major chunks of Germany. But then everything really comes to a head in April of 1945. The Allied firebombing of Hamburg and Dresden, and actually of Tokyo and other Japanese cities, as we will see in a few minutes. The Nazis did also firebomb London, but that didn't have quite the same devastating effect as The firebombing ofĭresden, movies and books are written about it. The most notable of these cities that were firebombed were Hamburg and Dresden. Is an incredibly devastating form of bombing, where you're literally trying to destroy the city, set the city on fire. So they continue to firebomb major cities of Germany, and firebombing All the while this is happening, even though the writing is on the wall that the Allies are going to win the war, they weren't taking anything for granted. The different countries of World War II? So this is happening in What happens to Germany? Is it split up? What influence will the different Allied victors have in Yalta, the major powers, to discuss what happens to Europe after World War II. They are going to win, and so they meet at By January of 1945, they'reĪble to take Warsaw, and from there, they continue to march westward towards Berlin. Now if you go on the east, the Russians or the Soviets are also marching westward. So as you go into early 1945, the Allies are on their march Roughly 20,000 troops, but by January, they'reĪble to break through and invade Germany. Kind of take the brunt on the Allied side, lose Remember, at the end of 1944, we have the Battle of the Bulge starting, which is an incredibly bloody battle. Represents the final throes of World War II.
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