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1945: Reichskomissar Terboven and the Plans for Fortress Norway

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1945: Reichskomissar Terboven and the Plans for Fortress Norway

On this day Josef Terboven, one of the most notorious Nazis, died. For many years he held the high functi ...

On this day Josef Terboven, one of the most notorious Nazis, died. For many years he held the high function of “Reichskomissar” for Norway, where he was virtually a dictator during the German occupati ...

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1945: Nazi Germany Capitulates

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1945: Nazi Germany Capitulates

On this day Germany signed an unconditional surrender to the Allies, thus ending World War II. The signi ...

On this day Germany signed an unconditional surrender to the Allies, thus ending World War II. The signing was done in the French city of Reims (the traditional coronation site of French kings). Colo ...

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1945: Nazi Germany Capitulates

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1945: Nazi Germany Capitulates

On this day Germany signed an unconditional surrender to the Allies, thus ending World War II. The signin ...

On this day Germany signed an unconditional surrender to the Allies, thus ending World War II. The signing was done in the French city of Reims (the traditional coronation site of French kings). Colon ...

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1945: The Last Ministers of the Third Reich

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1945: The Last Ministers of the Third Reich

On this day in 1945, the ministers of the last government of the Third Reich (the so-called Flensburg Gov ...

On this day in 1945, the ministers of the last government of the Third Reich (the so-called Flensburg Government) were appointed. After the death of Adolf Hitler, Admiral Karl Dönitz became Reichspräs ...

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1945: Deaths of Joseph and Magda Goebbels, together with their Six Children

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1945: Deaths of Joseph and Magda Goebbels, together with their Six Children

On this day, just one day after Hitler’s death, Hitler’s closest associate, the Nazi propaganda minister ...

On this day, just one day after Hitler’s death, Hitler’s closest associate, the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, also decided to kill himself, together with his wife Magda. Hitler named Goeb ...

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1945: Admiral Dönitz Becomes the Head of the Third Reich

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1945: Admiral Dönitz Becomes the Head of the Third Reich

On this day in 1945, Admiral Karl Dönitz became the head of the Third Reich. Hitler had died the previous ...

On this day in 1945, Admiral Karl Dönitz became the head of the Third Reich. Hitler had died the previous day in Berlin, and appointed Admiral Dönitz his successor. Therefore, he became President of t ...

May 01, 2019
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1945: What Happened to Hitler’s Remains?

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1945: What Happened to Hitler’s Remains?

On this day in 1945, at approximately 3:15 p.m., the staff of the Führerbunker in Berlin heard a loud gun ...

On this day in 1945, at approximately 3:15 p.m., the staff of the Führerbunker in Berlin heard a loud gunshot from Hitler’s study. After waiting a few minutes, one of Hitler’s servants, SS member Hein ...

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1945: Great German Reich Cut in Two

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1945: Great German Reich Cut in Two

This day in 1945, near the end of World War II, marked the first time the troops of the Western Allies an ...

This day in 1945, near the end of World War II, marked the first time the troops of the Western Allies and the Soviets came into direct contact in Germany. It was a turning point because the territory ...

April 25, 2019
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