As they moved toward their final military targets in World War II, Allied troops encountered heavy German civilian resistance. discovered Nazi concentration camps. were surprised to find German cities in ruins. captured Hitler and his high-level staff.

Discovered Nazi concentration camps As the allies advanced into interior areas of the Nazi Empire and the Nazi fighting forces began to fall apart, they discovered the labor and concentration camps that earlier in the war had just been rumor or had little evidence of existence to the outside world. These camps were intentionally position in the interior lands to keep hidden from the outside world, far behind the front lines.