April 16, 1945: The Soviet Red Army begins its final assault on Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany. April 16, 1945: The Soviet Red Army begins its final assault on Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany ...
Britain’s Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery signs the surrender pact, in a tent at Montgomery’s 21st Army Group headquarters, at Luneburg Heath, May 4, 1945. The pact, signed by senior German officers, ...