jan 1, 1945 - 1 January 1945
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Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops.
Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May, Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill, After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.
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