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Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were international criminal trials held by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of several countries across Europe and committing atrocities against their citizens in the Second World War.
Potsdam Conference
meeting of the Allied heads of state near the end of World War II
Battle of Berlin
1945 last major offensive of the European theatre of World War Il
Lapland War
1944–1945 war between Finland and Germany
Bombing of Dresden
1945 British/American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden
German Instrument of Surrender
1945 historical document
MV Wilhelm Gustloff
German military transport ship; built as a cruise ship
Vistula–Oder Offensive
1945 offensive by the Soviet Red Army and Polish Army against Germany
Flensburg Government
short-lived, final cabinet of Nazi Germany which tried to rule non-occupied territories of Germany
Potsdam Agreement
agreement addressing post-war governance in Germany and written by three Allies of World War II: United States, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union
Soviet occupation zone of Germany
zone of Soviet occupation in postwar Germany
Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler
testament of Adolf Hitler
Allied Control Council
military occupation governing body of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany
Western Allied invasion of Germany
1945 offensive by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II
SS Cap Arcona
ocean liner
Battle of Königsberg
1945 battle of the East Prussian Offensive in World War II
Battle of the Seelow Heights
1945 engagement between German and Soviet forces during World War Two
Ruhr Pocket
battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of the second World War, in the Ruhr Area of Germany
Nero Decree
order issued by Hitler in March 1945 to destroy German infrastructure
Operation Plunder
1945 operation, part of a coordinated set of Rhine crossings during WWII
Elbe Day Torgau
day Soviet and American troops met for the first time in Nazi Germany
East Pomeranian Offensive
1945 offensive by the Soviet Red Army
Battle of Halbe
1945 battle
conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death
conspiracy theories as to Hitler's death
Berlin Declaration
1945 historical document
Battle of Memel
1945 battle that took place during world war 2 on the Eastern Front
Nazi gold train
legend of Nazi train containing gold buried underground in Poland
Dachau liberation reprisals
reprisals against Germans during the liberation of Dachau
White Buses
1945 Scandinavian rescue operation of concentration camp inmates from Germany
Operation Solstice
one of the last German armoured offensive operations on the Eastern Front in World War II
Zero Hour (1945)
Zero hour (German: Stunde Null) is a term referring to midnight on 8 May 1945 in Germany. It marked the end of World War II in Europe and the start of a new, non-Nazi Germany.
Siege of Breslau
1945 siege of the German city of Breslau during World War II
Upper Silesian Offensive
1945 military offensive
Battle of Nuremberg
1945 battle
Operation Veritable
1945 battle of World War II
Belsen Trial
allied trial of Nazis after World War II
Operation Grenade
1945 World War II military operation
evacuation of East Prussia
state-ordered displacement
Battle of Bautzen
1945 battle in the Eastern Front of World War II
Thielbek
ship built in 1940
Operation Haudegen
German operation during World War 2
Battle of Remagen
1945 battle during WWII
mass suicides in 1945 Nazi Germany
Aftermath of World War II
NKVD special camp
internment camps in the Soviet-occupied parts of Germany from May 1945 to January 6, 1950
Göring telegram
1945 message sent by Hermann Göring to Adolf Hitler
Sigmaringen enclave
French WW2 government-in-exile in Germany
Berlin Victory Parade of 1945
Military Triumph Parade in 1945
Operation Cowboy
battle of World War II, year 1945
Battle of Frankfurt
battle in WW2 (1945)
Battle of Kolberg
1945 during World War II
Mass suicide in Demmin
Mass suicide incident in Germany
Metgethen massacre
1945 Soviet killing of German civilians
Heiligenbeil Pocket
1945 part of the Eastern Front of World War II
German surrender at Lüneburg Heath
unconditional surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands, northwest Germany including all islands, in Denmark and all naval ships in those areas
Operation Undertone
1945 U.S. military operation in World War II
SS Deutschland
German ocean liner steamship (1923-45)
Mikhail Minin
Russian Soviet soldier (1922–2008)
Neuengamme Concentration Camp - Bullenhuser Damm Memorial
museum and memorial in Hamburg
13 May 1945 German deserter execution
Illegal execution of two German deserters in 1945
Battle of the Oder–Neisse
1945 battle in second World War