1846 events
World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising
World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War
World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Weh
World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American tr
World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway
World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German
World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy
World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands
World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz
Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops
World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours
World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,0
World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command p
World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command p
World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army
World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin
World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting
World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1,000 dead prisoners, most of
World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artill
World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay, re