Moments after their deaths at the hands of Italian partisans, Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci.

In Occupied Italy... Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, as well as other Fascist leaders are caught by partisans near Lake Como as they attempt to escape to Switzerland. They are shot and their bodies transported to Milan and hung up by the heels in the main square, where a mob then mutilates the corpses.

On the Eastern Front... The battle of Berlin continues with Soviet troops having now penetrated to within a mile of Hitler's bunker from the east and the south. Most of the Potsdamer Strasse has been cleared by troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front.

On the Western Front... The US 7th Army captures Augsburg in its advance south toward Austria. Other Allied units are crossing the Elbe River in the north and others are advancing on Munich in the south.

In the Ryukyu Islands... On Okinawa, fighting along the Shuri Line continues. American forces employ tanks, flame-throwers and artillery in an effort to destroy Japanese defensive positions.

In the Occupied Dutch East Indies... The preparatory bombardment of targets in the Tarakan area in the northeast of the island of Borneo continues.