After D-Day:After D-Day:The Liberation of The Liberation of

EuropeEurope

The Normandy BeachesThe Normandy Beaches

The Normandy The Normandy BeachesBeaches

The Liberation of ParisThe Liberation of ParisAugust 1944August 1944

Battle of the BulgeBattle of the Bulge

Defeat of GermanyDefeat of GermanyAmerican American

and and British British forces forces

entered entered Germany Germany from the from the

westwest

Soviet Soviet and and

Polish Polish forces forces

entered entered Germany Germany from the from the

easteast

Hitler’s SuicideHitler’s SuicideOn April 30, 1945, just hours after marrying his On April 30, 1945, just hours after marrying his

long-term mistress, Eva Braun, Hitler committed long-term mistress, Eva Braun, Hitler committed suicide by means of a shot to the head while suicide by means of a shot to the head while

biting into a cyanide ampoule. Braun also biting into a cyanide ampoule. Braun also poisoned herself to death. Their remains were poisoned herself to death. Their remains were

removed from Hitler’s Berlin bunker and burned removed from Hitler’s Berlin bunker and burned in a nearby garden. Only a fragment of Hitler’s in a nearby garden. Only a fragment of Hitler’s

skull remains – it is in the Moscow Archive.skull remains – it is in the Moscow Archive.

““I would have preferred it if he'd I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and followed his original ambition and

become an architect.”become an architect.”

- Paula Hitler (his younger - Paula Hitler (his younger sister), during an interview with sister), during an interview with

a US intelligence operative in a US intelligence operative in late 1945late 1945

On Hitler:On Hitler: