Show IN EUROPE 1 germany forced to CapiL capitulate after six years of fighting allies face Fac eBig big job in pacific i eleven hard and bitter months after general dwight D eisenhower Elsen Eisen howers hower armies smashed through the ramparts of fo fortress europe to set foot upon french soil germanys germanas Germ anys once brou prou proud d wehr macht weakened after afta six years of the bloodiest war in history bowed the knee unconditionally to the allied powers offered to russia as well as the U S and britain after earlier futile efforts to split tile the allies by approaching the anglo americans alone germanys germanas Germ anys surrender took place at general Elsen Eisen howers headquarters in the little red school 4 lv A these are nr the men mennoo nevelt truman stalin and churchill who were ensi ble in directing lie victory against germany truman I 1 committed to the roosevelt Kooi evelt foreign relation policies together toi ether with stalin and churchill chill will direct the united nations in plans plana for or worlds peace house hoube in reims france at a m mi may 7 with lt gen walter bedell smith accepting col gen gustav jodes capitulation ula tion later the surrender was ratified at russian headquarters in battered berlin with marshal gregory participating tor for the reds grand lm adm karl order to german troops to cease firing came as a sort of anti anticlimax climax since the bulk of the nazis forces already had laid down their arms in the face of the allied avalanche april 29 1000 nazis surrendered in northern italy and western austria may 4 another 1 0 00 gave up in holland and denmark and on may 5 quit in southern germany As the still stiff necked german officers formally admitted defeat neither they nor the beaten count rys now ministers entertained any ip ilu as to the character of the al lied terms with foreign minister count ludwig schwerin von kro slik telling the people nobody must deceive him self selfon on the iho harshness of the terms nobody must have any doubt that heavy sacrifices will be demanded from aromus us in all spheres of life thus Euro european peon war come to its end six years after the mighty german army striking at the unprepared ed western powers rolled through poland levelled bevelled level led the lowlands and france and back to thelast tho the east again to challenge giant russia As the germans gentians capitulated behind them lay the remnants i of it once all powerful irm army y which like Napo napoleone Napoleon leono 8 underestimated tho the vast steppes of russia and then found the U S and BrI britain gathering force behind its back behind them liam lay germanys germanas Germ anys blackened cities and shattered railway lines pulverized by allied aerial attacks and behind them in the ruins of berlin re r e port edly lay adolt adolf hillers Hit lers dead body because of the anticlimactic anti climactic nature of 0 the formal surrender and also because of the premature announcement no of the capitulation days before some of tho edge had been removed from the great event with the result that tho the nation accepted GEN DWIGHT D wan alan of tho me hour our 1 the news newa with restraint rc As ger hayls fall was substantiated people looked to the cast where the japs still remain to be defeated and tho the entire resources of the navy and well over troops may bo be needed to assure victory with america scheduled to take over the occupation n of central and western w e stern germany and western austria in accordance with allied plans to maintain strict supervision over the country until a ii thoroughly dem socratic administration can be established U S military authorities fig ure lire on tho the detention of yanks yank s in europe the arst big break that signalized signalizes germanas germanys Germ anys disintegration was the U S ardys surprise capture of tho the Luden ladendorff dorff bridge spanning the rhine below cologne permitting lt gen courtney hodges to build up a powerful bridgehead immediately below the vital ruhr district and on the edge of the rolling plains phalm leading eastward to berlin As the army ardys s bold move threw the german command of oil balance the remaining allied forces in the west soon poured over the rhine last formidable water barrier guardin the heart of the belch while brit ish end and canadian troops struck out against t eastern cistern holland and the north sea ports the U S oth army set about reducing the ruhr valley while on ewing of the alst joined in the attack and another kept step with lt gen george pattons Pat tons famed armored columns columna dashing eastward across ss the belch meanwhile the U V S ath and the french armies drove into tho the nazis mythical redoubt in the Ba bavarian varlin alps As the american and british armies slashed through the german positions and turned to their rear w ward or d to isolate the enemy into separate pockets tho the whole front lost its coherence contributing to the disintegration of nazi resistance si stance i with whole groups of german troops entrapped without hope of reinforcement their defense va with the majority of the older more practical men giving up being cornered while younger fanatics car carried on in the tha face of overwhelming odds meanwhile the russians had drawn up along the banks of the oder r river iver from the baltic clear down to silesia while still other red armies thrust eastward through czechoslovakia and austria once the Ilus russians opened their all out attack on berlin in vie the face of the ell nazi collapse in the west the giant placer was near its close twice avice taken to war in 25 23 years and twice defeated with nothing to td show but the tha anguish and suffer ing nt of conflict the massof mass i of the german people in american and british occupied territory accepted unconditional dit ional surrender with a stolidity that masked their inner feelings east of the elbe river where the reds stood guard however the populace tread in apprehension over fear of reprisal tor for the nazis devastation of russia in four years of bitter warfare previously many of the people had tried to escape to the west only to be turned back t |