XI. Attempted Assassination of Hitler Operation Valkyrie (July 1944) - Some of Hitler’s generals try to assassinate Hitler with a bomb - The assassination fails. - Conspirators are given a chance to commit suicide or be executed - 5,000 arrested, over 200 executed

XII. Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 1944) - Germany’s last effort to reclaim lands in Belgium and France

85,000 Americans die in the Battle of the Bulge

- Germany was successful at first - Eventually German’s pushed back - Germany lost too many troops to risk attack again.

XIII: The Yalta Conference (Feb 1945) -- before the end of the war - Meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. (THE BIG 3)

PURPOSE 1. Established the United Nations: like the League of Nations but stronger. 2. Stalin promised to declare war on Japan after Germany was defeated. 3. What to do with Germany after WWII?

XIV: V-E Day (May 8, 1945) Victory in Europe Day

- April 30, 1945: Hitler shot himself as the Soviets attacked Berlin. - Germany was forced into unconditional surrender.

XV: Results in Europe Concentration Camps 1. Liberation of the concentration camps Soviets found most of the camps.

XV: Results in Europe (Continued) 2. Nuremberg Trials: Trials of Nazis responsible for the Holocaust. - Most were sentenced to life in prison or death. - Some top Nazis escaped to South America

3. Germany was split into 4 sections controlled by U. S 3. Germany was split into 4 sections controlled by U.S., France, Great Britain and USSR.

Berlin (in USSR section) was also split into 4 sections. BERLIN WALL

1961: Construction

1963: President Kennedy visits Berlin Wall

1987: President Reagan tells Soviet President to “Tear Down This Wall”

1989: Checkpoint Charlie

1989: Wall comes down reuniting East & West Germany

Objectives: 1. Identify and describe the important political and military leaders of the European Theater in WWII. 2. List the major events of the European Theater in chronological order. 3. Describe the Battle of the Atlantic. 4. Describe how the Schlieffen Plan was important to German strategy. 5. Describe the events that occurred on the Eastern Front. 6. Describe the events that occurred on the Western Front before Operation Overlord. 7. Describe the events that occurred on the North African Front. 8. Describe Operation Overlord and the events that followed on the Western Front. 9. List the important aspects of the Yalta Conference. 10. List and describe the result of the ending of WWII in the European Theater.