20. Jahrhundert: 1914-1945 | Zweiter Weltkrieg
Total War and Surrender
In February 1943, Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels calls for "Total War". But the mobilisation of all forces both at the front and at home cannot prevent the tide of war from turning in favour of the Allies. In 1943, the Wehrmacht falls completely on the defensive on the Eastern Front and Allied bombers carry out large-scale attacks against German cities. After the Normandy landings in the summer of 1944, Allied troops also push inexorably towards Germany from the west. The Volkssturm is ordered to defend the homeland by all means. Children, old men and the Hitler Jugend are senselessly squandered in the last weeks of war. Many are relieved when Germany finally surrenders on May 8, 1945.
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