1. The Final Years

2. Quick Review

3. Allied Drive from West

4. 1. D-Day
Largest land sea-air attack in history
Heavy casualties

5. D-Day
After D-Day, Allied forces began to make their way across the European continent

6. Step 2: B.o.B. The Battle of the Bulge:
In 1944 Allied troops captured their first German town, Aachen

8. Allied Drive from West A desperate Hitler ordered one last offensive
German failure!

10. Step 3: USSR Drive from East
While the U.S. & Great Britain were pushing west, Russian troops advanced into eastern Europe and Germany
Liberation of the death camps

12. Step 4: Yalta Conference

13. Yalta Conference February 4, 1945 The BIG THREE:
Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin
Priorities of Meeting:
The unconditional surrender of GR, as well as the terms of surrender

14. Yalta Conference Decisions:
Germany would be split into four occupied zones after the war
America
Great Britain
Soviet Union
France

16. Yalta Conference Germany: demilitarization & denazification
German war reparations were to be in the form of forced labor, at least in part

17. Yalta Conference
Stalin agreed to join in the war against Japan within 90 days of Germany’s defeat

18. Yalta Conference
The United Nations, should be set up to replace the failed League of Nations
FDR obtained a commitment by Stalin to participate in the UN

19. V-E DAY In 1945 the Soviets finally reached Berlin
Hitler committed suicide

22. V-E DAY One week later on May 8, 1945 the Germans surrendered
War in Europe is over!

23. Potsdam Conference

24. Potsdam Conference The New Big Three: Joseph Stalin Harry Truman
Clement Atlee

25. Potsdam Conference
Germany & Berlin were to be divided into four zones of military occupation