First Indochina War - Hồ Chí Minh was able to persuade Emperor Bảo Đại
Time: Saturday Aug 25, 1945
Place: French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
Details: Japanese forces allowed the Việt Minh and other nationalist groups to take over public buildings and weapons without resistance, which began the August Revolution. On August 25, Hồ Chí Minh was able to persuade Emperor Bảo Đại to abdicate. Bảo Đại was appointed "supreme advisor" to the new Việt Minh-led government in Hanoi.
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1945 - Norway
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![Harald V Image](https://historydraft.com/files/75dad167-a1fe-41a8-9296-955e5e9093c9.160.webp)
Harald V-The First Member of The Royal Family To attend Public School
1945 - Smestad Skole, Konventveien, Oslo, Norway
![Chinese Civil War-Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/0e4d0ce8-0789-49bd-a6d8-ded544bb3af4.160.webp)
Chinese Civil War-Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
1945 - Japan
![Chinese Civil War-Communist Party Liberated Zone](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/0e4d0ce8-0789-49bd-a6d8-ded544bb3af4.160.webp)
Chinese Civil War-Communist Party Liberated Zone
1945 - China
![Computer-The First Electronic Programmable Computer built In The U.S.](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Old Computers - image](https://historydraft.com/files/f783e58c-bb53-49b7-b494-b6de22c3caa4.160.webp)
Computer-The First Electronic Programmable Computer built In The U.S.
1945 - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
![Hirohito-Emperor Hirohito began a series of individual meetings to consider the progress of the war](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-Emperor Hirohito began a series of individual meetings to consider the progress of the war
1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Hirohito-The Cabinet had agreed on a Negotiated Surrender](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The Cabinet had agreed on a Negotiated Surrender
1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![The Holocaust-Death marches to camps in Germany and Austria](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Death marches to camps in Germany and Austria
Jan, 1945 - Poland
![Heinrich Himmler-Operation North Wind](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Operation North Wind
Monday Jan 1, 1945 - Germany
![Alan Turing-Working on The Design of The ACE](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Alan Turing](https://historydraft.com/files/1d9897ba-e189-4c56-8a13-30af5c15ae3b.160.webp)
Alan Turing-Working on The Design of The ACE
1945 - Hampton, London, England
![Rosa Parks-Rosa succeeded in registering to Vote](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Rosa Parks Image](https://historydraft.com/files/df62e5bb-1e0d-4cc6-9911-9a97335e29aa.160.webp)
Rosa Parks-Rosa succeeded in registering to Vote
1945 - U.S.
![Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky became a Naturalized United States Citizen](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Igor Stravinsky](https://historydraft.com/files/1d5e0b7c-dac8-489f-8358-c0e8eb2582aa.160.webp)
Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky became a Naturalized United States Citizen
1945 - West Hollywood, California, U.S.
![Nuclear Power-Little Boy](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Nuclear power](https://historydraft.com/files/9b1b7f68-8309-4a68-843f-f6528ff98984.160.webp)
Nuclear Power-Little Boy
1945 - U.S.
![Charles de Gaulle-Winston Churchill made his first visit to France since the liberation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-Winston Churchill made his first visit to France since the liberation
1945 - Paris, France
![Martin Bormann-Hitler Transferred His Headquarters To The Führerbunker](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Hitler Transferred His Headquarters To The Führerbunker
Tuesday Jan 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Pope John Paul II-Germans fled the City](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Pope John Paul II Image](https://historydraft.com/files/8f4bb245-772e-43c5-bfb9-ce380982f3a2.160.webp)
Pope John Paul II-Germans fled the City
Wednesday Jan 17, 1945 - Karkow, Poland
![Harry S. Truman-A Vice President](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-A Vice President
Saturday Jan 20, 1945 - U.S.
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels noted in his diary millions of Germans were fleeing westward](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels noted in his diary millions of Germans were fleeing westward
Sunday Jan 21, 1945 - Germany
![Max Planck-Erwin (His son) was hanged](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Max Planck](https://historydraft.com/files/74eb00b2-2ee0-413e-823a-ee4ae5bcc8f2.160.webp)
Max Planck-Erwin (His son) was hanged
Tuesday Jan 23, 1945 - Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Commander of the Hastily formed Army Group Vistula](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Commander of the Hastily formed Army Group Vistula
Thursday Jan 25, 1945 - Pomerania, Poland
![The Holocaust-Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviets](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviets
Saturday Jan 27, 1945 - Poland
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and his wife discussed suicide](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and his wife discussed suicide
Saturday Jan 27, 1945 - Germany
![Winston Churchill-Malta Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Malta Conference
Tuesday Jan 30, 1945 - Malta
![Hirohito-The First Private audience with The Emperor](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The First Private audience with The Emperor
Feb, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Heinrich Himmler-Planning secret Peace Negotiation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Planning secret Peace Negotiation
1945 - Germany
![World War II-Vistula–Oder Offensive ended](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Vistula–Oder Offensive ended
Friday Feb 2, 1945 - Poland and Eastern Germany
![Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth appointed as an honorary second subaltern](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Queen Elizabeth II at NASA](https://historydraft.com/files/33b027d2-0635-4557-8078-3f1a9027d017.160.webp)
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth appointed as an honorary second subaltern
Feb, 1945 - London, United Kingdom
![World War II-Yalta Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Yalta Conference
Sunday Feb 4, 1945 - Yalta, Crimea, U.S.S.R.
![Winston Churchill-Yalta Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Yalta Conference
Sunday Feb 4, 1945 - Yalta, Crimea
![Bob Marley-Born](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bob Marley Image](https://historydraft.com/files/23dfc35b-cd78-4e9c-b93d-44e3efd2ff9c.160.webp)
Bob Marley-Born
Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 - Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
![Benito Mussolini-The Porzûs massacre](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mussolini biografia](https://historydraft.com/files/ce6013ee-c5bf-4935-ab2a-a5ec0149c3d1.160.webp)
Benito Mussolini-The Porzûs massacre
Wednesday Feb 7, 1945 at 08:38:00 PM - Italy
![Winston Churchill-Bombing of Dresden](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Bombing of Dresden
Tuesday Feb 13, 1945 - Dresden, Germany
![World War II-Fall of Budapest](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Fall of Budapest
Tuesday Feb 13, 1945 - Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
![World War II-Gothic Line](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Gothic Line
Mar, 1945 - Northern Italy
![John F. Kennedy-Kennedy Retired](/assets/placeholder.png)
![J.F.Kennedy Image](https://historydraft.com/files/14a5c7ef-a577-4350-b668-55f96102b95e.160.webp)
John F. Kennedy-Kennedy Retired
Thursday Mar 1, 1945 - U.S.
![World War II-U.S. forces recaptured Manila](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-U.S. forces recaptured Manila
Mar, 1945 - Manila, Philippines
![Josip Broz Tito-The provisional government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija, DFY) was assembled in Belgrade](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Josip Broz Tito Image](https://historydraft.com/files/c159929f-8e8f-44f4-8c06-d86fa0561860.160.webp)
Josip Broz Tito-The provisional government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija, DFY) was assembled in Belgrade
Wednesday Mar 7, 1945 - Serbia (Yugoslavia)
![World War II-The Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-The Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine
Thursday Mar 8, 1945 - France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Germany
![World War II-Bombing of Tokyo](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Bombing of Tokyo
Thursday Mar 8, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![First Indochina War-The Second French Indochina Campaign](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Second French Indochina Campaign
Friday Mar 9, 1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![Penicillin-Australia was the first country to make the drug available for civilian use](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Penicillin](https://historydraft.com/files/ab2b0eee-edee-403a-89d1-735b441629c1.160.webp)
Penicillin-Australia was the first country to make the drug available for civilian use
Thursday Mar 15, 1945 - Australia
![Edward VIII-Resignation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![King Edward VIII](https://historydraft.com/files/51036a30-955a-4693-beeb-e5eaff7a30a5.160.webp)
Edward VIII-Resignation
Friday Mar 16, 1945 - Nassau, Bahamas
![Itzak Stern-Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Itzak Stern](https://historydraft.com/files/8f8249b0-4287-482f-9ea6-1178728361b8.160.webp)
Itzak Stern-Marriage
1945 - Poland
![Winston Churchill-Churchill decided to restrict area bombing and sent a memorandum to General Ismay](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Churchill decided to restrict area bombing and sent a memorandum to General Ismay
Wednesday Mar 28, 1945 - United Kingdom
![World War II-Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
Mar, 1945 - Northern Burma and Western Yunnan, China
![World War II-Upper Silesian Offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Upper Silesian Offensive
Saturday Mar 31, 1945 - Upper Silesia, Germany
![Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Gandhi's letter to Birla](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Image](https://historydraft.com/files/5c26e366-bf27-4a61-88c9-3ac79de24b5b.160.webp)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Gandhi's letter to Birla
Apr, 1945 - India
![Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Separation and reunion](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Schindler, Oskar Image](https://historydraft.com/files/590eda65-05e6-498a-8fcf-2e4f6c33868a.160.webp)
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Separation and reunion
1945 - Germany
![Ho Chi Minh-Ho met with the OSS agent Archimedes Patti](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Ho met with the OSS agent Archimedes Patti
Apr, 1945 - Vietnam
![Hirohito-The Soviet Union issued notice that it would not renew its neutrality agreement](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The Soviet Union issued notice that it would not renew its neutrality agreement
Apr, 1945 - Moscow, Russia (then Soviet Union)
![World War II-East Pomeranian Offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-East Pomeranian Offensive
Wednesday Apr 4, 1945 - Pomerania, Danzig-West Prussia inside Germany
![Second Sino-Japanese War-Battle of West Hunan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces in Battle of Shanghai 1937) Image](https://historydraft.com/files/1cf43847-798e-478c-be45-3f99bfdddf72.160.webp)
Second Sino-Japanese War-Battle of West Hunan
Friday Apr 6, 1945 - Zhijiang, Huaihua, Hunan, China
![Penicillin-Florey and Chain shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Penicillin](https://historydraft.com/files/ab2b0eee-edee-403a-89d1-735b441629c1.160.webp)
Penicillin-Florey and Chain shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine
1945 - Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
![World War II-Fall of Königsberg](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Fall of Königsberg
Sunday Apr 8, 1945 - Königsberg, East Prussia (Present Day Kaliningrad, Russia)
![The Holocaust-Buchenwald was liberated](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Buchenwald was liberated
Wednesday Apr 11, 1945 - Weimar, Germany
![Harry S. Truman-Truman's brief vice-presidency was relatively uneventful](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-Truman's brief vice-presidency was relatively uneventful
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
![Harry S. Truman-A President](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-A President
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels knew how to play on Hitler's fantasies](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels knew how to play on Hitler's fantasies
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - Germany
![World War II-Roosevelt death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Roosevelt death
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
![Franklin D. Roosevelt-Death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Franklin Roosevelt Image](https://historydraft.com/files/a02798e1-92c6-42ed-b447-6e7b75397717.160.webp)
Franklin D. Roosevelt-Death
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 at 03:35:00 PM - Warm Springs, Georgia, U.S.
![Charles de Gaulle-Roosevelt died](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-Roosevelt died
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
![World War II-Operation Spring Awakening - Last German major offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Operation Spring Awakening - Last German major offensive
Sunday Apr 15, 1945 - Lake Balaton, Kingdom of Hungary
![The Holocaust-Bergen-Belsen was liberated](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Bergen-Belsen was liberated
Sunday Apr 15, 1945 - Germany
![Martin Bormann-The Battle of Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-The Battle of Berlin
Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![World War II-Fall of Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Fall of Berlin
Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![World War II-Ruhr Pocket](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Ruhr Pocket
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Ruhr Area, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels burned his private papers](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels burned his private papers
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Germany
![World War II-Air raids on Japan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Air raids on Japan
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Japan
![The Holocaust-Belsen report "Victims of The Holocaust on Belsen"](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Belsen report "Victims of The Holocaust on Belsen"
Thursday Apr 19, 1945 - United Kingdom
![Martin Bormann-The Red Army started to Encircle Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-The Red Army started to Encircle Berlin
Thursday Apr 19, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Adolf Hitler-Last trip from the Führerbunker](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Last trip from the Führerbunker
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Last Meeting](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Last Meeting
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Martin Bormann-Hitler's 56th Birthday](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Hitler's 56th Birthday
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Most of Hitler's inner circle to leave Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Most of Hitler's inner circle to leave Berlin
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Adolf Hitler-Battle of the Seelow](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Battle of the Seelow
Saturday Apr 21, 1945 - Seelow Heights, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Release of Jewish Concentration Camp](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Release of Jewish Concentration Camp
Saturday Apr 21, 1945 - Germany
![Martin Bormann-Albert Bormann Left The Bunker complex and flew to the Obersalzberg](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Albert Bormann Left The Bunker complex and flew to the Obersalzberg
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels made the last proclamation to the people of Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels made the last proclamation to the people of Berlin
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Himmler met directly with Bernadotte](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Himmler met directly with Bernadotte
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Germany
![World War II-East Prussian Offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-East Prussian Offensive
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - East Prussia (Present Day in Poland)
![W. E. B. Du Bois-United Nations Conference on International Organization](/assets/placeholder.png)
![W. E. B. Du Bois](https://historydraft.com/files/42d20027-4c33-4450-b1fc-c7e84a1675b0.160.webp)
W. E. B. Du Bois-United Nations Conference on International Organization
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
![Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Italy
![Benito Mussolini-Escaping to Spain](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mussolini biografia](https://historydraft.com/files/ce6013ee-c5bf-4935-ab2a-a5ec0149c3d1.160.webp)
Benito Mussolini-Escaping to Spain
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Spain
![United Nations-United Nations Conference on International Organization](/assets/placeholder.png)
![United Nations](https://historydraft.com/files/6fb3a0c6-0f17-4e4a-8bba-949c3872fa7a.160.webp)
United Nations-United Nations Conference on International Organization
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
![Heinrich Himmler-Himmler's SS representative was caught and brought back to the Führerbunker](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Himmler's SS representative was caught and brought back to the Führerbunker
Friday Apr 27, 1945 - Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Negotiations with the western Allies](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Negotiations with the western Allies
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![World War II-Benito Mussolini was killed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Benito Mussolini was killed
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy
![Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mussolini biografia](https://historydraft.com/files/ce6013ee-c5bf-4935-ab2a-a5ec0149c3d1.160.webp)
Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's death
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy
![Adolf Hitler-Hitler removed Göring from all government positions](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Hitler removed Göring from all government positions
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Adolf Hitler-Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Marriage
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Martin Bormann-Bormann was Named Executor of The Estate](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Bormann was Named Executor of The Estate
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Himmler and Göring are traitors](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Himmler and Göring are traitors
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and Bormann were witnesses to Hitlers](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and Bormann were witnesses to Hitlers
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![World War II-German forces surrender](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-German forces surrender
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Hitler married Eva Braun before his suicide](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Hitler married Eva Braun before his suicide
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany