Joseph Goebbels - Most of Hitler's inner circle to leave Berlin
Time: Friday Apr 20, 1945
Place: Berlin, Germany
Details: Most of Hitler's inner circle, including Göring, Himmler, Ribbentrop, and Speer, prepared to leave Berlin immediately after Hitler's birthday celebration on 20 April.
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Wednesday Oct 18, 1944 - Germany
![Martin Bormann-Bormann was Gaining Acceptance Into Hitler's Inner Circle](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Bormann was Gaining Acceptance Into Hitler's Inner Circle
Jun, 1934 - Germany
![Edward VIII-Edward visit to Nazi Germany](/assets/placeholder.png)
![King Edward VIII](https://historydraft.com/files/51036a30-955a-4693-beeb-e5eaff7a30a5.160.webp)
Edward VIII-Edward visit to Nazi Germany
Oct, 1937 - Germany
![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
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels urged to produce inexpensive home receivers, called Volksempfänger](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels urged to produce inexpensive home receivers, called Volksempfänger
1938 - Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels pressured Hitler to announce "total war"](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels pressured Hitler to announce "total war"
Wednesday Jan 13, 1943 - Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-The Nazi Party's control of the popular press](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-The Nazi Party's control of the popular press
Wednesday Oct 4, 1933 - Berlin, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-The defeat of the Nazis at the end of the Second World War](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-The defeat of the Nazis at the end of the Second World War
Sunday Mar 5, 1933 - Berlin, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels declared that Bolshevism is the declaration of war by Jewish-led international subhumans against culture itself](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels declared that Bolshevism is the declaration of war by Jewish-led international subhumans against culture itself
1935 - Berlin, Germany
![Martin Bormann-The Personal Secretary to Rudolf Hess](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-The Personal Secretary to Rudolf Hess
Tuesday Jul 4, 1933 - Germany
![Armenian Genocide-Talaat Pasha assassination](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Armenian Genocide](https://historydraft.com/files/8a8b5b34-c0aa-4059-97f0-890cad79feb4.160.webp)
Armenian Genocide-Talaat Pasha assassination
Tuesday Mar 15, 1921 - Berlin, Germany
![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
![Libraries-Thirty Years War](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Library](https://historydraft.com/files/9587af3f-6313-4dfb-b606-ed6491dafe16.160.webp)
Libraries-Thirty Years War
1648 - Europe
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels was appointed the second-highest political rank in the Nazi Party](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels was appointed the second-highest political rank in the Nazi Party
Friday Jun 2, 1933 - Berlin, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels arranged to eliminate his children by injected morphine](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels arranged to eliminate his children by injected morphine
Tuesday May 1, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels appointed head of the newly created Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels appointed head of the newly created Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Tuesday Mar 14, 1933 - Berlin, Germany
![Martin Bormann-Bormann Joined The Schutzstaffel (SS)](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Bormann Joined The Schutzstaffel (SS)
Friday Jan 1, 1937 - Germany
![Libraries-Prussian State Library](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Library](https://historydraft.com/files/9587af3f-6313-4dfb-b606-ed6491dafe16.160.webp)
Libraries-Prussian State Library
1661 - 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
On This Day - 20 April
![Mamluks-Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri was the second-to-last of the Mamluk Sultans](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mamluk lancers](https://historydraft.com/files/566b2704-40fe-44a5-a42c-ec6ad38f6174.160.webp)
Mamluks-Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri was the second-to-last of the Mamluk Sultans
Saturday Apr 20, 1501 - Cairo, Egypt
![George Washington-The American Revolutionary War](/assets/placeholder.png)
![George Washington](https://historydraft.com/files/e6a2c99e-88d4-4235-9f40-0412b8ed5240.160.webp)
George Washington-The American Revolutionary War
Thursday Apr 20, 1775 - U.S.
![Unification of Italy-The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Flag of Repubblica Cispadana1](https://historydraft.com/files/8b36d54b-d8fb-4be6-9cdd-533367cf8dcb.160.webp)
Unification of Italy-The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars
Friday Apr 20, 1792 - Northern Italy and Central Italy
![Frederick Douglass-Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1871](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Frederick Douglass](https://historydraft.com/files/c42acc02-3aff-4aba-8784-c1cc53b6ce2f.160.webp)
Frederick Douglass-Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1871
Thursday Apr 20, 1871 - U.S.
![Adolf Hitler-Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Birth
Saturday Apr 20, 1889 - Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary, (Now Austria)
![Hungarian–Romanian War-Romania Took Nagyvárad and Nagyszalonta](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hungarian–Romanian War (Romanian Cavalry in Budapest during the Hungarian-Romanian War of 1919) Image](https://historydraft.com/files/689394a0-f535-4086-86df-e0e836d0ecbd.160.webp)
Hungarian–Romanian War-Romania Took Nagyvárad and Nagyszalonta
Sunday Apr 20, 1919 - Nagyvárad (Oradea), Romania - Nagyszalonta (Salonta), Romania
![Second Sino-Japanese War-The Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang](/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-The Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
Thursday Apr 20, 1939 - Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China
![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
![Marlon Brando-Cover of Life Magazine](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Marlon Brando Image](https://historydraft.com/files/bd2b7eba-e2b5-46a9-99e4-83bf100db883.160.webp)
Marlon Brando-Cover of Life Magazine
Monday Apr 20, 1953 - U.S.
![Bay of Pigs Invasion-Humberto Sorí Marin execution](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bay of Pigs Invasion Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d1f64ef3-0e5e-4a9a-8267-68e30cff6c6a.160.webp)
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Humberto Sorí Marin execution
Thursday Apr 20, 1961 - Fortaleza de la Cabaña, Havana, Cuba
![Fidel Castro-Castro forced the Brigade to Surrender](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Fidel Castro Image](https://historydraft.com/files/16f5c6f1-b860-4e54-8cd5-9f5f18031bfa.160.webp)
Fidel Castro-Castro forced the Brigade to Surrender
Thursday Apr 20, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs, Cuba
![Russell Bufalino-Bufalino was arrested](/assets/placeholder.png)
Russell Bufalino-Bufalino was arrested
Friday Apr 20, 1973 - Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
![1989 Tiananmen Square protests-Police used batons to disperse about 200 Students](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China 1988](https://historydraft.com/files/d5c4f6d3-cb90-4bd3-9360-12f8137f45ab.160.webp)
1989 Tiananmen Square protests-Police used batons to disperse about 200 Students
Thursday Apr 20, 1989 - Zhongnanhai, Beijing, China
![Nintendo-Game Boy release](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Nintendo Image](https://historydraft.com/files/ad7627ca-882a-4d89-a5c5-1553bdb8a7b6.160.webp)
Nintendo-Game Boy release
Thursday Apr 20, 1989 - Kyoto, Japan
![Central Park Jogger Case-The Jogger's Identity](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Central Park May Image](https://historydraft.com/files/fe82effb-3649-461a-9d39-3728a65882a2.160.webp)
Central Park Jogger Case-The Jogger's Identity
Thursday Apr 20, 1989 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
![Dwayne Johnson-In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Dwayne Johnson](https://historydraft.com/files/d1e7647f-42fc-47b5-92c9-29fe25ebaf23.160.webp)
Dwayne Johnson-In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker
Sunday Apr 20, 1997 - Rochester, New York, U.S.
![Shaquille O'Neal-The 1996–97 season](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Shaquille O'Neal](https://historydraft.com/files/d706e09c-a8db-4626-a100-a9cf87ee68d5.160.webp)
Shaquille O'Neal-The 1996–97 season
Sunday Apr 20, 1997 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
![Mass Shootings in the United States-Columbine High School Massacre](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mass shootings in the United States](https://historydraft.com/files/769f9e4e-191a-4c82-ad4a-c39497010e74.160.webp)
Mass Shootings in the United States-Columbine High School Massacre
Tuesday Apr 20, 1999 - Columbine, Colorado, U.S.
![SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS spreading through China: More transparency](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Virus Microscope Infection](https://historydraft.com/files/823ab888-1ae3-4e4a-a5ba-7b1f49162d57.160.webp)
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS spreading through China: More transparency
Sunday Apr 20, 2003 - China
![Silvio Berlusconi-Dissolution of the government](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Silvio Berlusconi Image](https://historydraft.com/files/15e26ec3-e15c-497a-a3d1-3123c5b1e7b6.160.webp)
Silvio Berlusconi-Dissolution of the government
Wednesday Apr 20, 2005 - Italy
![PlayStation Network-Temporary suspension of operation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![PlayStation Network](https://historydraft.com/files/4354db41-ed6f-40fb-b4f3-554e34bdeb45.160.webp)
PlayStation Network-Temporary suspension of operation
Wednesday Apr 20, 2011 - Tokyo, Japan
![Kevin Hart-Think Like a Man](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Kevin Hart](https://historydraft.com/files/631359bd-8fbe-4ed4-b156-7ffdeee5b15f.160.webp)
Kevin Hart-Think Like a Man
Friday Apr 20, 2012 - U.S.
![Zlatan Ibrahimović-Ibrahimović sustained serious ligament damage in his Right knee](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Zlatan Ibrahimović - image](https://historydraft.com/files/636caa94-46a1-4720-935a-02f00fad27fd.160.webp)
Zlatan Ibrahimović-Ibrahimović sustained serious ligament damage in his Right knee
Thursday Apr 20, 2017 - Sir Matt Busby Way, Stretford, Manchester M16 0RA, UK
![Jacinda Ardern-A toast to the Commonwealth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Jacinda Ardern](https://historydraft.com/files/85730f59-7a59-48e6-83f7-a2b6ee644677.160.webp)
Jacinda Ardern-A toast to the Commonwealth
Friday Apr 20, 2018 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Cristiano Ronaldo-First player to win league titles in England, Spain, and Italy](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Cristiano Ronaldo](https://historydraft.com/files/6619a95d-43a8-44a8-b423-d343dbb19934.160.webp)
Cristiano Ronaldo-First player to win league titles in England, Spain, and Italy
Friday Apr 20, 2018 - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy
![Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Iran reopen Shopping Malls](/assets/placeholder.png)
![3D medical animation corona virus Image](https://historydraft.com/files/bba5a5fe-4d3d-4c7a-b37d-b574e4455370.160.webp)
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Iran reopen Shopping Malls
Monday Apr 20, 2020 - Iran
![Georg Michael Telemann Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
Georg Michael Telemann Birth
Saturday Apr 20, 1748 - Germany
![Guillaume Teniers Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
Guillaume Teniers Birth
Saturday Apr 20, 1748 - Leuven
![William Bedloe Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
William Bedloe Birth
Wednesday Apr 20, 1650 - Chepstow
20 April 1945
![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
April 1945
![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
![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
![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
![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-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
![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
![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
![Joseph Stalin-WWII Finished in Europe](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Stalin's Image](https://historydraft.com/files/36a2e58f-4eb4-4f14-9986-244e88f2a22e.160.webp)
Joseph Stalin-WWII Finished in Europe
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Germany
![Adolf Hitler-Death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Death
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![The Holocaust-Ravensbrück was liberated](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Ravensbrück was liberated
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Germany
![Martin Bormann-Hitler and Braun Committed Suicide](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Hitler and Braun Committed Suicide
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Martin Bormann-Bormann was named as Party Minister](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Bormann was named as Party Minister
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Germany
![World War II-Hitler Committed Suicide](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Hitler Committed Suicide
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels was depressed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels was depressed
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
1945
![First Indochina War-The Provisional Government of the French Republic wanted to restore its colonial rule in French Indochina](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Provisional Government of the French Republic wanted to restore its colonial rule in French Indochina
1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![First Indochina War-The Vietnamese Famine](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Vietnamese Famine
1945 - Vietnam
![Shimon Peres-Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Shimon Peres Main Image](https://historydraft.com/files/5561a0c2-d95b-4693-aa17-178b73ca9f15.160.webp)
Shimon Peres-Marriage
1945 - Israel
![Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Bribes for Lives](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Schindler, Oskar Image](https://historydraft.com/files/590eda65-05e6-498a-8fcf-2e4f6c33868a.160.webp)
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Bribes for Lives
Jan, 1945 - Brünnlitz, Czech Republic
![Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-After the war](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Schindler, Oskar Image](https://historydraft.com/files/590eda65-05e6-498a-8fcf-2e4f6c33868a.160.webp)
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-After the war
1945 - Czech Republic
![Harald V-The First Member of The Royal Family To attend Public School](/assets/placeholder.png)
![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
![Harald V-Returning to Norway](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harald V Image](https://historydraft.com/files/75dad167-a1fe-41a8-9296-955e5e9093c9.160.webp)
Harald V-Returning to Norway
1945 - 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
![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.
![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
![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-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.
![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.
![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
![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
![Adolf Hitler-Death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Death
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany