Italy declares war on Germany. Rommel's request to withdraw troops is rejected. Hitler returns to Wolf's Lair from Obersalzberg. Count von Stauffenberg attempts to assassinate Hitler, but fails. Hitler thwarts the generals' conspiracy to seize power.
Allies enter Paris.
U.S. troops enter Cologne. British troops cross the Rhine. Russian troops enter Vienna. Nazi pilot Hanna Reitsch and General Robert Ritter von Greim make a forced landing in Berlin. They urge Hitler to escape with them but he refuses.