WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1945
Find out what all happened February to July 1945

The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power. (5. June 1945)

World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island. (16. July 1945)

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth. (20. April 1945)

Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory". (5. April 1945)

World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed. (19. March 1945)

World War II: Italian Campaign – General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy. (2. May 1945)

The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany. (26. July 1945)

Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two, a milestone in the approaching end of World War II in Europe. (25. April 1945)

World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp. (11. April 1945)

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2. (11. March 1945)

World War II: 1,250 American bombers attacked Berlin. (18. March 1945)

Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany. (4. March 1945)

World War II: Battle of Bautzen – last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht. (26. April 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: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people. (3. March 1945)

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

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established. (19. April 1945)

World War II: Cologne is captured by American Troops. (6. March 1945)

The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. (29. April 1945)

The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces. (29. April 1945)