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By October 1944 the Russian front line had forced German forces to the Baltic 
coast, while Soviet troops were within ten miles of Budapest. 
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Normandy landings 1944 
On the morning of 6 June 1944, 6,500 vehicles with air support from over 
12,000 aircraft landed Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy. By the end 
of the day five bridgeheads had been established, and within a week these had 
been combined into a single bridgehead. After heavy fighting around Caen and 
in the dense field and hedge patchwork of the Norman bocage, the Allies broke 
out of Normandy in early August. After this the Allied advance was rapid; the 
Loire was reached on 11 August and Paris fell eight days later.
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The position of German forces along the coast of northern France and the Low 
Countries on 6 June (D-Day) when Allied amphibious landings began. Weather 
and tide conditions were crucial to success with the operation being delayed by 
one day due to storms. 
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One week after D-Day, intense fighting by Allied troops had established a 
bridgehead south and west of Bayeux. 
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Victory in Europe 1945 
By the 15 December 1944 the Allies were at the German border. One month 
later, Hitler’s failed winter offensive in the Ardennes was contained, and by 
March 1945 the Allies were crossing the Rhine into the centre of Germany. In 
the east, the Germans conquered Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, and had 
begun advancing on Berlin. On 25 April Allied and Soviet troops met on the 
Elbe and five days later, while Soviet troops occupied the Reichstag, Hitler 

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committed suicide. On 8 May 1945 the remnants of the German leadership 
formally surrendered. 
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Map for the naval, military and air resume for 19-26 April 1945,showing Soviet 
troops encircling Berlin. Allied forces had advanced north of Bologna, broken 
through to the Danube and were nearing Hamburg.