HI364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: U.S. Route 117, Gestapo, Ig Farben
Document Summary
Stalingrad turning point: 1943, significant nazi defeat by soviets, nazis pushed westward out of soviet union, represents a beginning of the end of the nazi potential to win the war. Normandy landings turning point: 1944, opening of the second front, western allies moving nazis eastward. In effect, nazis are being squeezed back into germany. Summer 1944: paris liberated august 1944, nazi defeat by western allies and soviet union. Hitler on result of the war: early 1945, begin thinking about what went wrong and how things have turned disastrously for the germans, he blames the jews international world jewry, international conspiracy of jews that has put. Germany in this position: april 1945 talks about how his extermination of the jews has been his greatest achievement . Suicide april 30th: victory in europe announced and nazis surrender to western allies and soviet union, war is over, unconditional surrender of germany, represents the end of nazism.
