The Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine
Time: Thursday Mar 8, 1945
Place: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Germany
Details: The Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine (25 August 1944–7 March 1945), also known as the Siegfried Line campaign, was a phase in the Western European campaign of the World War.
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World War II-Yalta Conference
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Winston Churchill-Bombing of Dresden
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Ho Chi Minh-Ho met with the OSS agent Archimedes Patti
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World War II-East Pomeranian Offensive
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Harry S. Truman-A President
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World War II-Roosevelt death
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Franklin D. Roosevelt-Death
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Charles de Gaulle-Roosevelt died
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
World War II-Operation Spring Awakening - Last German major offensive
Sunday Apr 15, 1945 - Lake Balaton, Kingdom of Hungary
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Martin Bormann-The Battle of Berlin
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World War II-Fall of Berlin
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World War II-Ruhr Pocket
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Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels burned his private papers
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World War II-Air raids on Japan
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The Holocaust-Belsen report "Victims of The Holocaust on Belsen"
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Martin Bormann-The Red Army started to Encircle Berlin
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Adolf Hitler-Last trip from the Führerbunker
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
Heinrich Himmler-Last Meeting
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Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Most of Hitler's inner circle to leave Berlin
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
Adolf Hitler-Battle of the Seelow
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Heinrich Himmler-Release of Jewish Concentration Camp
Saturday Apr 21, 1945 - Germany
Martin Bormann-Albert Bormann Left The Bunker complex and flew to the Obersalzberg
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Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels made the last proclamation to the people of Berlin
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Heinrich Himmler-Himmler met directly with Bernadotte
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World War II-East Prussian Offensive
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W. E. B. Du Bois-United Nations Conference on International Organization
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Benito Mussolini-Escaping to Spain
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Heinrich Himmler-Negotiations with the western Allies
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Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's death
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Adolf Hitler-Marriage
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Adolf Hitler-Hitler removed Göring from all government positions
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Martin Bormann-Bormann was Named Executor of The Estate
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World War II-German forces surrender
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