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Fall of Budapest

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Time: Tuesday Feb 13, 1945

Place: Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary

Details: The Siege of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet and Romanian forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest. The city unconditionally surrendered on 13 February 1945. It was a strategic victory for the Allies in their push towards Berlin.

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13 February 1945

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February 1945

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1945

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World War II-Yalta Conference
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Apr, 1945 - Moscow, Russia (then Soviet Union)
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Wednesday Apr 4, 1945 - Pomerania, Danzig-West Prussia inside Germany
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Second Sino-Japanese War-Battle of West Hunan
Friday Apr 6, 1945 - Zhijiang, Huaihua, Hunan, China
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1945 - Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
World War II
World War II-Fall of Königsberg
Sunday Apr 8, 1945 - Königsberg, East Prussia (Present Day Kaliningrad, Russia)
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The Holocaust-Buchenwald was liberated
Wednesday Apr 11, 1945 - Weimar, Germany
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Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
Harry S. Truman
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Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
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Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - Germany
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Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt-Death
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 at 03:35:00 PM - Warm Springs, Georgia, U.S.
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Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
World War II
World War II-Operation Spring Awakening - Last German major offensive
Sunday Apr 15, 1945 - Lake Balaton, Kingdom of Hungary
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Sunday Apr 15, 1945 - Germany
Martin Bormann
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Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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World War II-Fall of Berlin
Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
World War II
World War II-Ruhr Pocket
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Ruhr Area, Germany
Joseph Goebbels
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Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Germany
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Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Japan
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The Holocaust-Belsen report "Victims of The Holocaust on Belsen"
Thursday Apr 19, 1945 - United Kingdom
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann-The Red Army started to Encircle Berlin
Thursday Apr 19, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Adolf Hitler-Last trip from the Führerbunker
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Saturday Apr 21, 1945 - Seelow Heights, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler-Release of Jewish Concentration Camp
Saturday Apr 21, 1945 - Germany
Martin Bormann
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Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels made the last proclamation to the people of Berlin
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
Heinrich Himmler
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Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Germany
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World War II-East Prussian Offensive
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - East Prussia (Present Day in Poland)
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Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
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Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Italy
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Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Spain
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Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
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Friday Apr 27, 1945 - Germany
Heinrich Himmler
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Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy
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Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy
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Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany
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Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Germany
Joseph Goebbels
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Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
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Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany