The Russians were allowed to take Berlin as they had lost many more troops than the Brits and Americans had in the invasion of Europe. The Americans and Brits held back even though they were probably able to get to Berlin before the huge Russian onslaught.
In addition to the invasion of Berlin by foreign troops, the leadership of Germany were fading away. Generals and lesser officers were being captured or were fleeing for the Swiss border and even some on those much-rumored submarines that would carry them away to South America or perhaps even further away. Without those officers, the units lost their direction and surrenders to particularly the Americans were overwhelming the ability of that army's ability to accept such. The whole German military machine was collapsing in the face of loss of leadership.
No one wanted to surrender to the Russians. Those troops unfortunate enough to surrender to the Red Army were marched east and NEVER heard from again. Those poor soldiers didn't get repatriated to their homes, but worked instead to death in Siberian and Gulag prison camps. And, that included all the captured Alliled soldiers as well as Germans. The graveyards in the Gulag prison camps included American, British, French and even Polish and Czech troops.
The industrial might of Germany was simply being blasted off the face of the earth. Panzer tanks in the West ground to a halt without diesel fuel and spare parts. There was only limited refinery capacity and not enough to make any serious attempts at attacking the Allies. Germany was not out of military supplies, but there was not a full range of those elements needed - food, fuel, small arms, manufacturing capacity, replacement troops and leadership.
So, what have we got? Invasion, shortages, loss of troops to enemies both in battle and from surrender and near total destruction of the homeland and bombing of civilian populations. Germany had bombed Britain, so bombing Germany's civilians was simply repaying those unnecessary deaths in the minds of the Allies and there were plenty lost on both sides in the bombings.
They were the subject of a British naval blockade which starved the citizens, they were being defeated by the massive number of American soldiers which entered the war in 1917, they were being overwhelmed by British and French tanks. Too much was going against the Germans and they had no way to win the war.
They were surrounded , their air force was decimated, most of their army was gone.
Germany did not surrender on D-Day, they fought until they were killed or pushed back
Germany was forced to pay the Allied Powers and accept blame for the war (apex)
Germany had to surrender because the allies were all in Germany their economy was basically destroyed and the Russians were in Berlin and Hitler had committed suicide so they had no leader
D-Day was the code name for the Allied forces of Britain and Commonwealth and the USA to invade Nazi occupied France and to start the liberation of Europe. Literally the turning point of WW2 in Europe, this forced the surrender of Germany within a year.D-Day was the code name for the Allied forces of Britain and Commonwealth and the USA to invade Nazi occupied France and to start the liberation of Europe. Literally the turning point of WW2 in Europe, this forced the surrender of Germany within a year.
No-one forced them, they chose to surrender because they thought they were going to lose.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, finally caused Japan to surrender.
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it forced japan to surrender to the united staes
Germany was forced to pay the allied powers and accept blame for the war. (APEX)
The U.S. nuked Hiroshima, then Nagasaki which led to the surrender of Japan by then Emperor Hirohito.
The Allied powers beat Hitler's armies and forced a surrender from Germany.
They were surrounded , their air force was decimated, most of their army was gone.
The were forced, or surrounded
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
Germany must surrender its submarines and weapons
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps was forced to surrender in Tunisia in 1944.