WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JULY 1945
Find out what all happened April to July 1945

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

The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated. (15. April 1945)

The Nazi occupation army surrenders and leaves Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement; the puppet fascist regime dissolves and Benito Mussolini tries to escape. This day is taken as symbolic of the Liberation of Italy. (25. April 1945)

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

World War II: The Captain class frigate HMS Goodall K479 is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last ship of the Royal Navy sunk in the European theatre of World War II. (29. April 1945)

End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic. (8. May 1945)

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

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

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President. (12. April 1945)

World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Reims, France, to an unconditional surrender. (8. May 1945)

Fifty nations gather in San Francisco, California to begin the United Nations Conference on International Organizations. (25. April 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 Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power. (26. July 1945)

World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union. (20. April 1945)

World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape. (22. April 1945)

Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation. (14. April 1945)

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

Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria. (31. July 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: Italian Campaign – General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy. (2. May 1945)