November 20, 1945 – October 1, 1946
An international military tribunal tries leading Nazi figures for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, where about 1.1 million people were murdered; the date is now International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta to discuss the post-war reorganisation of Europe and the world.
Japan overthrows the French administration in Indochina; Bảo Đại then proclaims the Empire of Vietnam with Trần Trọng Kim as prime minister.
One of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War, causing heavy losses among soldiers and Okinawan civilians.
As the Red Army closes in on Berlin, Adolf Hitler kills himself in his underground bunker.
The Allies formally accept Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender, ending the Second World War in Europe.