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Explore the monumental events post D-Day in August 1944, including the Normandy Beaches, the Liberation of Paris, and the Battle of the Bulge. Witness the defeat of Germany as American, British, Soviet, and Polish forces entered from both east and west. Delve into the infamous day of Hitler’s suicide, as he chose to end his life alongside Eva Braun. Discover the intriguing aftermath of their demise and Hitler's unfulfilled architectural ambition, as revealed by his younger sister in a post-war interview.
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After D-Day: The Liberation of Europe
August 1944 The Liberation of Paris
American and British forces entered Germany from the west Soviet and Polish forces entered Germany from the east Defeat of Germany
On April 30, 1945, just hours after marrying his long-term mistress, Eva Braun, Hitler committed suicide by means of a shot to the head while biting into a cyanide ampoule. Braun also poisoned herself to death. Their remains were removed from Hitler’s Berlin bunker and burned in a nearby garden. Only a fragment of Hitler’s skull remains – it is in the Moscow Archive. Hitler’s Suicide
On Hitler: “I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect.” - Paula Hitler (his younger sister), during an interview with a US intelligence operative in late 1945