Military history of Italy during World War II until the spring offensive of 1945, after Allied troops had breached the Gothic Line, leading to the surrender of German and RSI forces in Italy on 2 May shortly before Germany finally surrendered ending World War II in Europe on 8 May. Mussolini was captured and killed on 28 April 1945 by the Italian resistance while attempting to flee. Japan reacted with shock and outrage to the news of the surrender of Italy to the Allied forces in September 1943. Italian citizens residing in Japan and in Manchukuo were swiftly rounded up and summarily asked whether they were loyal to
Bombing of Dresden in World War II remains feeble." [[Category:1945 in Germany]] [[Category:1945 in military history]] [[Category:History of Dresden]] [[Category:Firebombings]] [[Category:History of the Royal Air Force during World War II]] [[Category:History of the United States Air Force]] [[Category:World War II strategic bombing of Germany|Dresden]] [[Category:Aerial operations and battles of World War II by town or city|Dresden]] [[Category:February 1945 events]] [[Category:Germany–United Kingdom military relations]] [[Category:Germany–United States military relations]] [[Category:World War II massacres]] Bombing of Dresden in World War II The bombing of Dresden was a British/American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II in the