World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army. Date: April 22, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape. Date: April 22, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. Date: April 21, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school. 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: 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: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union. Date: April 20, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
Italian resistance movement: In Turin, despite the harsh repressive measures adopted by Nazi-fascists, a great pre-insurrectional strike begins. Date: April 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany. Date: April 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam. Date: April 17, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces. Date: April 17, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)