from d-day to the fall of berlin
- Battle for Normandy - summer 1944
-Falaise Gap
-Liberation of Paris
-Operation Market Garden - Sept. 1944 - Ploy to end the war before the Russians got to Berlin
-The Battle of the Bulge - German counteroffensive
-Russian attack on Berlin ( 300,000 Soviet Troops)
-Hitler commits suicide in Bunker
-Russians and Americans meet
-Falaise Gap
-Liberation of Paris
-Operation Market Garden - Sept. 1944 - Ploy to end the war before the Russians got to Berlin
-The Battle of the Bulge - German counteroffensive
-Russian attack on Berlin ( 300,000 Soviet Troops)
-Hitler commits suicide in Bunker
-Russians and Americans meet
Summary
The Battle of the Bulge was intended to split the American and British forces in two, capture much needed supplies, and achieve a negotiated peace on the Western Front. While initially successful, the surprise German counteroffensive was contained and the Germans were driven back.