There are many factors that contributed to the German successes in WWII. One important factor is their sudden massive attacks, a.k.a. blitzkrieg, which they used to capture territory such as Poland. Bombers of the German luftwaffe attacked Norway, which also fell to Germans within 2 days. Next, Hitler aimed for France. Using the blitzkrieg, German troops captured Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Hitler was able to capture the northern 2/3 of France. Hitler’s success …showed first 75 words of 411 total…

…showed last 75 words of 411 total…fronts. The Soviet army advanced from the east and British and American forces from the west. The end was nearing for Hitler’s Reich. On May 2,1945, Berlin formally surrendered to the Soviet Army. The pressure was too much for Hitler and so he, along with his new bride, committed suicide. On May 7, the commanders of the German army and navy signed papers declaring the unconditional surrender of their forced. The war in Europe was over.