55rab Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share #51 Posted April 17, 2010 April 17, 1945 Stalin orders preparations for the final Soviet attack on Berlin. Marshalls Zhukov and Konev have well over 2,000,000 men for the assault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share #52 Posted April 19, 2010 April 18, 1945 The German forces in the Ruhr pocket surrender. Field Marshall Model commits suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.T. Posted April 20, 2010 Share #53 Posted April 20, 2010 April 20th, 1945; Adolph Hitler enjoyed his 56th birthday in his bunker under the ruins of Berlin. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/berlin.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share #54 Posted April 24, 2010 April 24, 1945 Konev’s Russian troops penetrate into Berlin as they continue to surround the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share #55 Posted April 28, 2010 April 28, 1945 Mussolini and his mistress are caught by partisans and shot as they try to cross from Italy to Switzerland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.T. Posted April 29, 2010 Share #56 Posted April 29, 2010 April 29th, 1945, Adolph Hitler marries his mistress Eva Braun, the next day he blows his brains out, and she commite suicide by taking poison. There is a lesson to be learned here, marraige is not always the answer! http://www.evabraun.dk/evabraun4.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share #57 Posted April 30, 2010 April 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide in Hitler’s bunker. Their bodies are carried outside and cremated with gasoline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share #58 Posted May 1, 2010 May 1, 1945 In Berlin, Goebbels and his wife commit suicide after poisoning their six children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share #59 Posted May 3, 2010 May 2, 1945 Soviet forces complete the capture of Berlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share #60 Posted May 7, 2010 May 7, 1945 Admiral Friedeburg and General Jodl sign the unconditional German surrender at Eisenhower’s HQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share #61 Posted May 8, 2010 May 8, 1945 The Allies celebrate VE (Victory in Europe) day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share #62 Posted May 9, 2010 May 9 , 1945 The last German forces in East Prussia surrender. Prominent captives include Goering and Kesselring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share #63 Posted May 13, 2010 May 13, 1945 In heavy fighting on Mindanao, the Del Monte airfield is taken by units of the US 40th Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share #64 Posted June 23, 2010 June 22, 1945 The fighting on Okinawa comes to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted June 29, 2010 Author Share #65 Posted June 29, 2010 June 28, 1945 MacArthur announces that the operations on Luzon are over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share #66 Posted July 17, 2010 July 16, 1945 The world’s first atomic weapons test takes place in New Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share #67 Posted July 31, 2010 July 29-30, 1945 The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk after delivering the atom bomb to Tinian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share #68 Posted August 8, 2010 Aug 6, 1945 The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, destroying 60 percent of the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share #69 Posted August 9, 2010 Aug 9, 1945 The second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share #70 Posted August 14, 2010 Aug 15, 1945 VJ Day - Emperor Hirohito’s radio broadcast of the war’s end is made to the Japanese people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share #71 Posted September 2, 2010 September 2, 1945 The Japanese surrender is signed aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got da Penny Posted September 3, 2010 Share #72 Posted September 3, 2010 Thank You for posting ...... Never Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share #73 Posted September 4, 2010 With that, WWII officially ended on September 2, 1945. But an interesting side note on that very same day . . . Ho Chi Minh proclaims the existence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. There is more trouble ahead ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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