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Battle of the Bulge, the last German offensive, begins in a frigid northern European winter
The Battle of the Bulge lasted form Dec 16, 1944 through Jan 25, 1945. Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. The reason wy it was called the Battle of the Bulge was because the Germans created a "Bulge" around the area of the Ardennes forest, pushing through the American defensive line. -
Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz death camps
the Soviet army enters Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Monowitz. The troops freed around 7,000 prisoners most of which were ill or dying. -
Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta to discuss post-war Europe
the Yalta Conference was held Feb 4, 1945. during the conference, the three leaders demand Germany's surrender and began plans for a post-war world.
