History of Milan in Piazza San Sepolcro and later began their March on Rome in Milan. During the Second World War Milan suffered extensive damage from Allied bombings. When Italy surrendered in 1943, German forces occupied most of Northern Italy until 1945. As a result, resistance groups formed. As the war came to an end, the American 1st Armored Division advanced on Milan – but before they arrived, the resistance seized control of the city and executed Mussolini along with several members of his government. On 29 April 1945, the corpses of Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci and other Fascist leaders were hanged
Evacuation of civilians from the Channel Islands in 1940 lived very different lives which were hard to talk about. Those who had been evacuated were told that it was tougher in the islands. Alderney residents were not allowed to return to their island until December 1945. The islands ended the war with a debt of £9,000,000, which the UK Government hoped would be repaid. This was roughly the total value of every house in the Channel Islands and included the evacuation accounts. A generous gift from the UK government of £3,300,000 was used to recompense islanders who had suffered losses and the cost of maintaining the evacuees, estimated at