Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement. Date: April 28, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 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)
World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken. Date: April 27, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events…
World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army liberate Baguio as they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Date: April 26, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April…
World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht. Date: April 26, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland. Date: April 25, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco. Date: April 25, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic. Date: April 25, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day. Date: April 25, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in…
World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of Nazi Germany. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Göring that the telegram is treasonous. Date: April 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945…