==Death==
Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker next to the Chancellery in Berlin on April 30, 1945, after the Allied forces had invaded Germany, and as the Red Army was fighting its way into the heart of Berlin. [http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/adolfhitler.html] Feeling that the He named [[SS]], the regular Army, and the Luftwaffe had betrayed him, Hitler turned to the Navy in hopes of continuing on the war when he appointed Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz ]] as President in his last will to become Presidentcontinue the war against the Red Army. A few days later, Dönitz instructed the military to sign an uncondional surrender, and the war ended officially on May 8, 1945, the date that became known as V-E Day.
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