| 17 January 1945 | Soviet troops capture Warsaw. |
| 26 January 1945 | Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz. |
| 04 February 1945 | |
| 07 March 1945 | Allies take Cologne and establish a bridge across the Rhine at Remagen. |
| 30 March 1945 | Soviet troops capture Danzig. |
| 01 April 1945 | U.S. troops encircle Germans in the Ruhr. |
| 12 April 1945 | President Roosevelt dies. |
| 12 April 1945 | Allies liberate Buchenwald and Belsen concentration camps |
| 16 April 1945 | Americans enter Nuremberg. |
| 18 April 1945 | German forces in the Ruhr surrender. |
| 21 April 1945 | Soviets reach Berlin. |
| 28 April 1945 | Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian partisans. |
| 28 April 1945 | Allies take Venice. |
| 29 April 1945 | U.S. Army liberates Dachau concentration camp. |
| 30 April 1945 | Adolf Hitler commits suicide. |
| 02 May 1945 | German troops in Italy surrender. |
| 07 May 1945 | Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies. |
| 08 May 1945 | V-E (Victory in Europe) Day. |
| 09 May 1945 | Hermann Göring is captured by american forces. |
| 23 May 1945 | Himmler commits suicide. |
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