WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JUNE 1945
Find out what all happened May to June 1945

World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody. (23. May 1945)

World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon. (14. June 1945)

World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power. (11. May 1945)

The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end. (22. June 1945)

World War II: German surrender at Lüneburg Heath, the North German Army surrenders to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. (4. May 1945)

World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops. (6. May 1945)

The Halifax Riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax. (8. May 1945)

World War II: The Flensburg Government under Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are captured and arrested by British forces at Flensburg in Northern Germany. (23. May 1945)

First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber. (29. May 1945)

The Yugoslav partisans free Trieste. (1. May 1945)

World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia. (15. May 1945)

Argentinian labour leader José Peter declares the Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne dissolved. (12. May 1945)

World War II: The Prague Uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation. (5. May 1945)

The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (15. June 1945)

Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union. (29. June 1945)

World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. (9. May 1945)

World War II: Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are murdered by Magda by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths. (1. May 1945)

The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to America. (20. June 1945)

Operation Paperclip – United States Army Major Robert B. Staver recommends that the U.S. evacuate German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology. (22. May 1945)

Dissolution and surrender of Nazi Germany and all its forces. (8. May 1945)