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 | 1946-02-12 | Operation Deadlight | At 10:04 a.m., U 3514 received the dubious honor of being the last U-boat sunk by Operation Deadlight, the scuttling of surrendered German U-Boats. | Read about 'Operation Deadlight' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Deadlight' | |
| 1945-11-21 | 1946-10-01 | Nuremberg Trials | A series of trials, or tribunals, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II. | Read about 'Nuremberg Trials' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Nuremberg Trials' |
| 1945-07-17 | 1945-08-02 | Potsdam Conference | Stalin, Churchill, and Truman meet to discuss the post war fate of Germany. | Read about 'Potsdam Conference' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Potsdam Conference' |
| 1945-05-23 | Flensburg Dissolved | A British liaison officer meets with all members of the Donitz' government and reads an order from General Dwight Eisenhower ordering the dissolution of the provisional government and arrest of all its members. | Read about 'Flensburg Dissolved' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Flensburg Dissolved' | |
| 1945-05-23 | Himmler commits suicide | Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide after being captured by a British Army unit in Bremen. He was scheduled to stand trial at Nuremburg for war crimes. | Read about 'Himmler commits suicide' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Himmler commits suicide' | |
| 1945-05-16 | Wuppertal Captured | Troops from the US 78th Infantry Division capture Wuppertal, encountering scant resistance. | Read about 'Wuppertal Captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Wuppertal Captured' | |
| 1945-05-14 | 1945-05-15 | Last Battle - Poljana | The last battle of the war is fought between a mixed detachment of 30,000 Axis troops and Yugoslav partisan forces. The Axis column was attempting to retreat into British controlled Austria. | Read about 'Last Battle - Poljana' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Last Battle - Poljana' |
| 1945-05-09 | 1945-05-16 | Channel Islands Liberated | The Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey are liberated. The German garrison on Alderney did not surrender until the 16th, one of the last Nazi outposts to capitulate. | Read about 'Channel Islands Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Channel Islands Liberated' |
| 1945-05-09 | Stutthof Liberated | Stutthof, the first concentration camp built inside Germany, was the last liberated by Allied forces. Soviet troops arrive to find 100 prisoners still alive. Of the 110,000 deported there during the war over 85,000 had died. | Read about 'Stutthof Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Stutthof Liberated' | |
| 1945-05-07 | Unconditional Surrender | Generaloberst Alfred Jodl signs the instruments of undconditional surrender on behalf of the new German president Karl Donitz. Jodl was later tried and executed for war crimes. | Read about 'Unconditional Surrender' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Unconditional Surrender' |
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