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with whom it had an alliance, Turkey, too, proclaimed its neutrality. By mid-1943, Hitler’s time of trial had begun. The bloody retreat from Russia had commenced, North Africa was lost, his Italian ally Benito Mussolini had fallen, and German cities were being demolished by Allied bombing. In June 1944 the Allies landed on the coast of France, opening the long-awaited second front. Hitler was the victim of an assassination attempt by a group of his own officers on July 20, 1944, but he miraculously survived. A physical wreck, he became increasingly bitter and isolated. He said, ?Our enemies are gathering all their forces for the final assault. We have facing us an incongruous coalition drawn together by hatred and jealously and cemented by the panic with which the National

Socialist doctrine fills this Jew-ridden motley.? (Adolf Hitler 848) On April 16, 1945, Zhukov, commander in chief of the Soviet occupation forces, launched his final attack on Berlin. By the end of the month the Soviets had penetrated to the center of the city. German soldiers and civilians, fearful of revenge expected from the Soviets, hastened to surrender to the Americans and the British in the belief that they would receive better treatment from the Western Allies. On April 25, 1945, Soviet troops, who now encircled Berlin, met the Americans at Torgau on the Elbe. In a truly despondent ending, Eva Braun at thirty-three-years old, was the mistress and later the wife of the German dictator Adolf Hitler. A photographer’s assistant, she began living with Hitler in about 1936.

They were married on April 29, 1945, in an air raid shelter in Berlin as Soviet troops advanced through the city. ?The Hitlers sat together on a couch in their suite. Behind them was the large space where the portrait of Frederic had hung. Eva died first of poison. At about 3:30 P.M. Hitler picked up his 7.65-calibre 8 Walther pistol. He held it to his right temple and squeezed the trigger.? (Adolf Hitler 888) Hitler died knowing that his majestic dreams for the German people were crushed by the abominable barbarians that surrounded his country. Hitler lost his true love, and his wife. Adolf Hitler was a strong leader of the German Third Reich by his extreme influence over the people of Germany. Hitler loved the German race, people, and culture. He was willing and did fight for

his beliefs. Dreams are ruptured, hope is lost, and life goes on every day. Hitler had a vision, a dream of the perfect world, nirvana even, but like so many other people, Hitler failed. The quest for a flawless world still goes on through modern powerful leaders with their dreams and hopes of a world at peace.