Tuesday, November 11, 2014

April and May 1945 - WWII ends in Europe

On April 27, 1945 Italian dictator benito Mussolini was captured by Italian partisans and he was executed the next day.  On April 29, 1945 all Italian fascist forces surrendered.

On April 30, 1945 as the Battle of Berlin raged on, German dictator Adolph Hitler committed suicide.

Beginning on April 29, 1945 German forces began surrendering piecemeal.  The official end of the war in Europe was declared on May 8, 1945 but some isolated pockets of German soldiers continued to resist until mid-May 1945.

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