Second World War tweets from 1945
I livetweet the Second World War as it happened on this date in 1945 & for a year to come (2nd time around). Created by Alwyn Collinson, realtimewwii@gmail.com
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In US-occupied Germany, an American soldier replaces the street sign for Adolf-Hitler-Strasse with Roosevelt Boulevard, as a programme of de-Nazification begins. https://t.co/KAosD...
Admiral Dรถnitz's German government has offered unconditional surrender of all Reich forces on all fronts. The Allies have won the war in Europe. https://t.co/iIQwqwMvc2
After a last farewell to Goebbels, Bormann & Fรผhrerbunker staff, Adolf & Eva Hitler go to their private rooms. Hitler is determined not to be taken alive, having heard of Mussolini...
After months of secret planning & troop shipments towards North Africa, Allied armies have launched Operation Torch: an amphibious invasion of Morocco, Algeria, & Tunisia. https://...