Summary
Germans fought hard
- counterattack in Dec 1944 → through ardennes forest → steadily driven back
- remarkable new equipment. eg. guided missiles, jet aircraft
- not enough to beat the advance of allied forces
Soviets → stop German advance + reverse fortunes → with huge victory in Stalingrad in 1943 Germans forced to retreat in Jan 1945 → soviet troops had encircled berlin
Hitler withdrew to his underground bunker
- he continued to meet with military generals (goering, himmler, goebbels) - give order to them
30th April 1945 → defeat by allies → Hitler committed suicide After much fighting → US, Br. Soviet forces met at River Elbe in Germany
- war in europe ended ⇒ formal german surrender on 8th may 1945
Germans fought hard
- even launched counterattack → in Dec 1944 → through Ardennes Forest → but were steadily driven back
- Put some remarkable new equipment into action → guided missiles, jet aircraft
- even this could not stop allies advance
Soviets → able to stop German advance + also reversed their fortunes → with huge victory in Stalingrad → early 1943.
Germans → forced to retreat → by Jan 1945 → Soviet troops → had encircled → Berlin
- Hitler withdrew → underground bunker
- continued meeting military generals and close subordinates → like Goering, Himmler and Goebbels → to give orders to them
- 30 April 1945 → facing defeat by allies → Hitler committed suicide
After much fighting → US + British forces → met with Soviet forces → at River Elbe in Germany. → war in Europe was over when Germany → formally surrendered on 8 May 1945.