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The final battles of the European theatre of World War II continued after the definitive surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, signed by Field marshal Wilhelm Keitel on 8 May 1945 ( VE Day) in Karlshorst, Berlin. After German leader Adolf Hitler 's suicide and handing over of power to grand admiral Karl Dönitz on the last day of April 1945 ...
According to a report published by the Reuters News Agency, on July 29 1945 highly confidential archives found at Flensburg, in the house of General Reinecke showed German losses up to November 30, 1944, as 3.6 million, detailed in the following schedule. Source of figures: Gregory Frumkin. Population Changes in Europe Since 1939, Geneva 1951.
A Canadian Forces Lockheed CF-104 Starfighter, 104813, of 439 Sqn., explodes in mid-air during airshow performance at Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt, Germany, wreckage falling onto parked cars in woods near the airport, setting several afire and killing three adults and two children watching the display, Reuters news service reported. A ...
Alex Kinninmonth, 82, Scottish footballer ( Dundee, Dunfermline Athletic, Forfar Athletic ). [ 29] (death announced on this date) Wilfried Lemke, 77, German football manager ( Werder Bremen) and UN diplomat, cerebral haemorrhage. [ 30] Richard Lugner, 91, Austrian construction industry executive.
Otherwise notable people killed serving with the German military during World War II. Note: This category is intended solely for those members of the German armed forces killed as a result of their military service and not those executed during internal purges, or those who died in Allied custody post-war.
Ernst Udet. Ernst Udet (26 April 1896 – 17 November 1941) was a German pilot during World War I and a Luftwaffe Colonel-General ( Generaloberst) during World War II . Udet joined the Imperial German Air Service in April 1915 at the age of 19, and eventually became a notable flying ace of World War I, scoring 62 confirmed victories.
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