Answer: In late 1944, Hitler ordered his army to make one final, large-scale attack in the west. In the Battle of the Bulge, it punched through Allied lines until an
Allied counterattack forced it back to Germany. By late April 1945, Soviet troops surrounded Berlin, Hitler's headquarters. Five days later, he killed himself. A week later, the Germans
surrendered.
Explanation:
He wrote the Declaration of Independence, which officially declared that the American Colonies were completely free of British authority and influence.
Merchants would be needed more because the warring states were constantly at war.(armies need supplies, merchants have supplies)