Historical Events
Events 101 - 114 of 114
- Apr 29 First food drop by RAF above Nazi-occupied Holland (Operation Manna)
- Apr 29 German armies in Italy sign an unconditional surrender to the Western Allies to be carried out on 2 May
- Apr 29 Japanese army evacuates Rangoon, British Burma
- Apr 29 US Army liberates 31,601 people from the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany
- Apr 29 Venice and Mestre captured by the Allies
Arthur Godfrey Time
Apr 30 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
Hitler Commits Suicide
Apr 30 Adolf Hitler commits suicide along with his new wife Eva Braun in the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin as the Red Army captures the city
- Apr 30 Concentration camp Munchen-Allag freed
Lord Haw-Haw
Apr 30 Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) calls for crusade against the Bolsheviks
- Apr 30 Record 48 U-boats sunk by the Allies this month
- Apr 30 Red Army occupies Demmin
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag
Apr 30 Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin
- Apr 30 Soviet Army frees Ravensbruck concentration camp
- Apr 30 US troops attack the Elbe
