Video: 'Angry mob and bodies of Barrocu, Terussi, Gelormini, Benito Mussolini, Petacci, P...HD Stock Footage'

(Sunday, April 29, 1945; during World War II) — The bodies of former Italian fascist dictator (and strong ally of German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler) Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were hoisted up on to the metal girder framework of a half-built Standard Oil service station today in Milan, and hung upside down on meat hooks. Continue reading Bodies of Mussolini, mistress hung upside down in Milan 70 years ago today (Apr 29 1945) →

Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 21-Nemesis:Germany(February-May 1945)' (Apr. 29, 1945, at 43:20)

(Sunday, April 29, 1945, after midnight CEST; during the Battle of Berlin on the Eastern Front during World War II) — German dictator Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun today in a small civil ceremony within the Führerbunker, an air-raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Hitler then took secretary Traudl Junge to another room and dictated his last will and testament.

Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 21-Nemesis:Germany(February-May 1945)' (Apr. 28, 1945, at 34:13)

(Saturday, April 28, 1945, evening CEST; during the Battle of Berlin on the Eastern Front during World War II) — German fascist dictator Adolf Hitler learned today (from a BBC report originating from Reuters) that Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, who had left Berlin on April 20, 1945, was trying to discuss surrender terms with the Western Allies through Count Folke Bernadotte.

Enraged, Hitler ordered Himmler’s arrest and had Hermann Fegelein (Himmler’s SS representative at Hitler’s HQ in Berlin) shot.

Video: 'Benito Mussolini: Biography of Fascist Italy's Dictator'

(Saturday, April 28, 1945, 4:10 p.m. CEST; during World War II) — Deposed Italian fascist dictator (and strong ally of German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler) Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were summarily executed today near Lake Como by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.

Video: 'WW2 - Marshal Pétain'

(Thursday, April 26, 1945, 8:00 p.m. CEST; during World War II) — Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France’s Vichy government during World War II, was arrested tonight when he returned to French territory after crossing the Swiss frontier at La Ferriere sous Joigne.

Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 21-Nemesis:Germany(February-May 1945)' (Apr. 25, 1945, at 51:49)

(Wednesday, April 25, 1945, 4:40 p.m. CEST; on the Western Front and Eastern Front during World War II) — The Soviets, advancing from the East, and the Americans, advancing from the West, met today at the River Elbe, near Torgau in Germany, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses. Continue reading U.S. and Soviet troops link up, cutting Germany in two 70 years ago this hour (Apr 25 1945) →

Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 24-The Bomb(February–September 1945)' (Apr. 24, 1945, at 8:55)

(Tuesday, April 24, 1945; during World War II) — U.S. Secretary of War Henry Simson wrote a memo today to President Harry Truman about the urgent need to discuss a “highly secret matter,” the atomic bomb.