WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO MAY 1945
Find out what all happened March to May 1945

World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig. (30. March 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: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops. (6. May 1945)

World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany. (4. 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)

Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement. (28. April 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)

Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre. (8. May 1945)

World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany. (13. April 1945)

The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz). (16. April 1945)

World War II: Denmark is granted liberation, when Germany was forced to step out of Denmark thus ending 5 years of occupation. (4. May 1945)

World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also hit a school and 125 civilians are killed. (21. March 1945)

World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. (2. May 1945)

World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse. (22. April 1945)

World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army. (29. March 1945)

World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk. (9. April 1945)

World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power. (9. March 1945)

World War II: The R.A.F.'s first operational use of the Grand Slam bomb, Bielefeld, Germany. (14. March 1945)

Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from German Nazi forces. (17. April 1945)