American Forces Liberate Buchenwald Concentration Camp – April 11, 1945

World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth. Date: April 20, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)…

World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier. Date: April 27, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Germany Begins East Prussia Evacuation,…

World War II: Allied forces carry out firebombing over Tokyo, destroying most of the capital and killing over 100,000 civilians. Date: March 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Heinrich Himmler Dies by Suicide…

World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights. Date: April 16, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)…

The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Date: August 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Stutthof Inmates Executed in Baltic Sea at Palmnicken, January 31, 1945Last German U-Boat Attack Sinks Two Freighters Off Scotland,…

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Date: April 30, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: Goya Sunk by…