End of World War II in Europe eventually fled Europe using ratlines such as ODESSA. German forces leave Finland: On 25 April 1945, the last German formations withdrew from Finnish Lapland into occupied Norway. On 27 April 1945, the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph was taken. Mussolini's death: On 25 April 1945, Italian partisans liberated Milan and Turin. On 27 April 1945, as Allied forces closed in on Milan, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was captured by Italian partisans. It is disputed whether he was trying to flee from Italy to Switzerland (through the Splügen Pass), and was traveling with a German anti-aircraft battalion. On
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