European theatre of World War II major German forces in the west were encircled and trapped in the Ruhr. On April 27, 1945, as Allied forces closed in on Milan, Mussolini was captured by Italian Partisans. He was trying to flee Italy to Switzerland and was traveling with a German anti-air battalion. On April 28, Mussolini and several of the other Fascists captured with him were taken to Dongo and executed by firing squad. The bodies were then taken to Milan and unceremoniously strung up in front of a filling station. Hitler, learning of Mussolini's death, realized that the end had finally come. He remained in
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