1945
JANUARY
- Nazis evacuates Auschwitz as the Russians approaches.
- Auschwitz and Budapest camp liberated by the Russian troops
FEBURARY
- In the Yalta Conference, the Allies discuss post-war Europe.
APRIL
- Buchenwald, Bergen Belsen, Dachau, Ravensbruck were all liberated.
- Italian partisan executes and murders Mussolini.
MAY
- Soviet troops capture Berlin
- Liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp.
- Nazi Germany surrenders to end World War II in Europe.
AUGUST
- Japan surrenders to end World War II permanently in Europe and in Asia.
NOVEMBER
- Nuermberg War Crime Trials began where later the former Nazis were either executed or jailed.
