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Fall of Nazi Germany

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Fall of Nazi Germany
Part of The European theatre of World War II
DateEarly 1945
Location
Result Fall of Germany
Belligerents

 Germany

 Chetniks

(and others)
Allies in Western Europe
Allies in Eastern Europe
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler  
Italian Social Republic Benito Mussolini  Executed
Independent State of Croatia Ante Pavelić
United Kingdom Winston Churchill
United States Franklin D. Roosevelt #
United States Harry S. Truman
Soviet Union Joseph Stalin
Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle

The Fall of Nazi Germany, was the total collapse of Nazi Germany during the final months during the European theatre of World War II. The allies had been at war with Germany and its allies for almost 6 years and at this point the war had turned on Germany with the allies advancing in Western and Eastern Europe. (and also Italy) and the soviet encircled Berlin and linked up with the Western Allies. And Adolf Hitler committed suicide. The war would end on 8 May 1945 with the surrender of Nazi Germany.