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** Soviet soldiers hoist the [[Red flag (politics)|Red flag]] over the ''[[Reich Chancellery#New Reich Chancellery|Reich Chancellery]]'' in Berlin.

** [[Adolf Hitler]] marries his longtime mistress [[Eva Braun]], in a closed civil ceremony in the Berlin ''[[Führerbunker]]'', and signs [[Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler|his last will and testament]].

* [[April 30]] -– WWII:

** [[Death of Adolf Hitler]]: Adolf Hitler and his wife of one day, Eva Braun, commit suicide as the [[Red Army]] approaches the ''Führerbunker'' in Berlin. ''Großadmiral'' [[Karl Dönitz]] succeeds Hitler as [[President of Germany (1919–1945)|President of Germany]] (''Reichspräsident'') and [[Joseph Goebbels]] succeeds as [[Chancellor of Germany]] (''Reichskanzler''), in accordance with Hitler's political testament of the previous day.

** American forces enter the Bavarian capital of [[Munich]].