We Interrupt This Broadcast: May 7 1945 by ric gustafson
By mid April 1945, Russian forces were within thirty five miles of Berlin and American and British forces were within two hundred miles. General Dwight D Eisenhower let the Russians capture Berlin shortly after. Hitler and his mistress Eva Braun married and then committed suicide on April 30. On May 2, Russian troops raised the hammer and sickle flag over the German capital. The news of Germany's defeat was first heard by the British Ministry of Information. Then it was sent by radio across the United States. An hour later, President Truman replied about the high cost for freedom.
Europe now lay in ruins and the concentration camps were now being discovered. The costs in lives was insurmountable.
Germany: 3,250,000 soldiers
Russia: more than 6 million soldiers
US: more than 400,000
British and French: 250,000 each
Worldwide, 55 million people lost their lives
Allied forces divided Germany into a West and East so that a war like that would never happen again.
research: ' We Interrupt This Broadcast' by Joe Garner
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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