1945

1 Jan	German troops withdraw from the Ardennes.
9 Jan	American troops land on the Phillipines.
17 Jan	Soviet troops capture Warsaw.
26 Jan	Japanese troops withdraw to the chinese coast.
27 Jan	Soviet troops liberatre Auschwitz.
30 Jan	A soviet submarine sinks the german hospitalship Wilhelm Gustloff with over 6.000 refugees from East Prussia and over 5.100 people are killed. This is the worst maritime disaster of all time.
4 Feb	Manilla is captured by the allies.
4-11 Feb	Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin meet in Jalta.
13 Feb	Dresden is destroyed by the allied fire bombing.
19 Feb	American troops land on Iwo Jima.
20 Feb	The allies capture Saarbrücken.
20 Feb	Soviet troops capture Danzig.
3 Mar	Finland declare war on Germany.
6 Mar	Germany launches offensive in Hungary.
7 Mar	The allies capture Cologne.
20 Mar	The allies capture Mandalay, Burma.
30 Mar	Soviet troops capture Danzig.
1 Apr	German troops encircled in the Ruhr.
1 Apr	Allied offensive in northern Italy.
1 Apr	American troops land on Okinawa.
5 Apr	Admiral Suzuki becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan.
10 Apr	The allies capture Hannover.
11 Apr	The allies liberate Buchenwald and Belsen.
12 Apr	Roosevelt dies and is replaced by Harry S Truman as the president of USA.
13 Apr	Soviet troops capture Wien.
15 Apr	The allies capture Arnhem.
15 Apr	The allies liberate Bergen-Belsen.
16 Apr	Soviet troops begin the offensive towards Berlin.
16 Apr	The allies capture Nürnberg.
18 Apr	The german troops in the Ruhr surrenders.
23 Apr	Soviet troops reach Berlin.
25 Apr	The last german troops leave Finland.
25 Apr	Soviet and american troops meet on the Elbe.
25 Apr	Heinrich Himmler begin negociations with the allies.
28 Apr	Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian partisans.
28 Apr	The allies capture Venice.
29 Apr	The allies liberater Dachau.
29 Apr	Hitler marries Eva Braun .
29 Apr	Soviet troops capture Ravensbrück.
30 Apr	Adolf Hitler commits suicide. He names Grossamiral Karl Dönitz his successor.
30 Apr	Joseph Goebbels commits suicide.
1 May	The allies capture Moulmein, Burma.
2 May	The german troops in Italy surrenders.
2 May	Soviet troops capture Berlin.
3 May	The allies capture Rangoon, Burma.
5 May	Truce on the western front.

7 May	Unconditional surrender of the german forces.
8 May	VE-Day (Victory in Europe).
9 May	Hermann Göring is captured by american troops.
9 May	Soviet troops capture Prague.
9 May	The allies land on the Channel Islands.
23 May	Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler commits suicide.
23 May	German High Command imprisoned.
5 June	Allies split Germany and Berlin and take over the government.
10 June	Australian troops land on Borneo.
1 July	British, american and french troops enter Berlin.
16 July	USA test the first atomic bomb.
16 July	Potsdam Conference begins.
22 July	American troops capture Okinawa.
26 July	Churchill is replaced by Clement Atlee as the British Prime Minister.
27 July	Chinese troops capture Guilin.
6 Aug	Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
8 Aug	Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
9 Aug	Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
14 Aug	Japan surrenders.
15 Aug	VJ-day (Victory over Japan)
5 Sep	British troops land in Singapore.
7 Sep	The japanese troops in Shanghai surrender.
9 Sep	The japanese troops in China surrender.
13 Sep	The japanese troops in Burma surrender.
13 Sep	De japanska styrkorna på New Guinea surrender.
16 Sep	The japanese troops in Hong Kong surrender.
24 Oct	United Nations is officially born.
20 Nov	The Nuremberg war crime trials begin.

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