U.S. 7th Army liberates Dachau. Adolf Hitler commits suicide. German troops in Italy surrender. Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies. Hermann G ring is captured by members of the U.S. 7th Army.
Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government.
United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco. U.S., British, and French troops move into Berlin. Atlee succeeds Churchill as British Prime Minister. First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan. Soviets declares war on Japan and invade Manchuria.