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Victory in Europe - Coggle Diagram
Victory in Europe
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Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, as Soviet troops entered Berlin.
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The Allies demanded unconditional surrender (first agreed upon at the Casablanca Conference in 1943), leaving no room for negotiation.
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Key cities like Dresden, Hamburg, and Berlin were heavily bombed, paralyzing the war economy and weakening civilian morale.
Allied strategic bombing campaigns decimated Germany’s cities, transportation networks, and industrial capacity.
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Eastern Front: The Soviet Red Army pushed relentlessly westward after victories at Stalingrad (1943) and Kursk (1943). By early 1945, the Soviets had reached Berlin, fighting block by block.
Western Front: After the Allied D-Day invasion (June 6, 1944) in Normandy, U.S., British, and Canadian forces liberated France and advanced into western Germany.
Germany was being squeezed from both sides, with no ability to regroup or mount a counteroffensive.
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The D-Day invasion
The Allies prepared a dummy army to attack north of Normandy, at Calais.
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