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World War Two Part 8 The End An Attempt on Hitler’s Life By July 1944 a group German officer including Colonels and Generals decide that the War cannot be won… that a peace should be negotiated while they still control parts of France and thus can get the best deal. The Problem is Hitler A plot to kill him is made, Rommel is chosen to replace Hitler On July 20 a bomb is planted under a table But Hitler moves to the other side and survives. The conspirators are excuted Rommel is allowed an “honorable suicide.” The “Battle of the Bulge” In the Winter of 1944-45 the Germans planned an offensive to spilt the Allies by attacking through the Ardennes Forest Dec. 16 1944 they attacked and drove deep into the Allied Line. The 101st Airborne was surrounded in Bastogne but did not surrender, The line Bulged but didn’t break On January 10th 1945 Units of Patton’s 3rd Army reached the 101st By January 16th the bulge was pushed back. Germany Falls From then on the Allies continued to attack. • The Russians pressed on into Poland and Eastern Germany • In March of 1945 the Allies crossed the Rhine into Germany encircling an Army Group Hitler Refused to surrender.. The allies had to take every inch right into Berlin itself…on April 30 Hitler committed Suicide Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945 Japan Falls In 1944-5 the US and the British made progress against the Japanese… the Philippines and Burma were retaken. In the Spring of 1945 The US took: Iwo Jima (March) and Okinawa (June) in spite of intense Japanese Resistance including Kamikazes. From there and from Aircraft Carriers the US launched a heavy bombing campaign on Japan itself. Plans were made to invade…Operation Olympic Hiroshima and Nagasaki Harry Truman decides he can save the lives an invasion would cost by scaring Japan into surrender It was decided to drop Atomic Bombs on two Japanese Cities. August 6th 1945 Hiroshima is bombed 80,000 die, another 70,000 injured August 9th 1945 Nagasaki is bombed, and another 50,000 die Japan offers surrenders on August 10th 1945 Official Surrender is on September 2nd.