Dongo, Lombardy (centre of civic administration) for the "comune". Its ground floor houses the "Museo della Fine della Guerra" (Museum of the end of the war), reopened after refurbishment in April 2014 and formerly known as the "Museo della Resistenza" (Museum of the resistance). The museum provides audio and visual displays relating to the partisan movement in Dongo and the north Como area from the time of the Italian armistice in September 1943 up to the end of the war, and more specifically to the capture of Mussolini and other fascist leaders at Dongo in April 1945, and their subsequent execution. Dongo
Action of 23 April 1945 struck the U-boat which had a Japanese flag painted on the side. The German submarine sank quickly at position with 54 men still aboard, including "Kapitänleutnant" (Lieutenant Commander) Fritz Schneewind. Afterward, the Americans surfaced and rescued one wounded German warrant officer and took him prisoner. Action of 23 April 1945 The Action of 23 April 1945 was a submarine engagement of World War II that occurred in the Java Sea between Nazi Germany and the United States. It resulted in the last sinking of a German U-boat in Asian waters during the Pacific War and was one of only a