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  2. History of Germany (1945–1990) - Wikipedia

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    The history of Germany from 1945 to 1990 comprises the period following World War II. ... Chronology of the East-West-German division Archived 10 May 2019 at the ...

  3. Western Allied invasion of Germany - Wikipedia

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    The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II.In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany east of the Rhine, a series of offensive operations were designed to seize and capture its east and west banks: Operation Veritable and Operation Grenade in February 1945, and Operation ...

  4. Allied-occupied Germany - Wikipedia

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    A Machine Gunner's War: From Normandy to Victory with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II. Philadelphia & Oxford: Casemate. ISBN 978-1636241043. Beate Ruhm Von Oppen, ed. Documents on Germany under Occupation, 1945–1954 (Oxford University Press, 1955) online; Clay, Lucius D. The papers of General Lucius D. Clay: Germany, 1945–1949 (2 ...

  5. 1945 in Germany - Wikipedia

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    Events in the year 1945 in Germany. ... 5 May — World War II: The US 11th Armored Division liberates the prisoners of Mauthausen concentration camp, ...

  6. Ruhr pocket - Wikipedia

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    After D-Day in June 1944, the Allies began pushing east toward Germany.In March 1945, the Allies crossed the River Rhine.South of the Ruhr, the U.S. 12th Army Group (General Omar Nelson Bradley) pursued the disintegrating German armies and captured the Ludendorff Bridge across the Rhine at Remagen with the 9th Armored Division (U.S.

  7. Inner German border - Wikipedia

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    The division of Germany was official on 1 August 1945. Because of the unexpectedly rapid Allied advances through central Germany in the final weeks of the war, British and American troops occupied large areas of territory that had been assigned to the Soviet zone of occupation.

  8. Four Ds - Wikipedia

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    In July 1945, delegations from the allied powers convened at Cecilienhof palace in Potsdam near Berlin in order to confer about the reorganisation of Occupied Germany.Due to incipient rifts between the Soviet Union and their anglophone allies, the United States and the United Kingdom, the conference failed to agree upon a comprehensive long-term strategy. [1]

  9. Battle of Berlin - Wikipedia

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    The German troops inside were heavily entrenched, [89] and fierce room-to-room fighting ensued. At that point there was still a large contingent of German soldiers in the basement who launched counter-attacks against the Red Army. [89] By 2 May 1945 the Red Army controlled the building entirely. [90]