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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
May 03 German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5800 killed 
May 03 inaugural Canadian Army takes Oldenburg, and Canadian paratroopers link up with Russians in Wismar
May 03 inaugural Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen
May 03 Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66
May 03 Rangoon taken by 26th Indian Division
May 04 German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender
May 04 Germans surrender in Denmark and Norway
May 05 Denmark liberated from Nazi control
May 05 Germans surrender in Norway.
May 05 Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated
May 05 Netherlands was liberated by the Canadian Forces from the Germans in second world war.
May 05 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated.
May 05 Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague.
May 06 Gen J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands
May 06 General J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands.
May 06 German troops north of Italy surrender to General Devers of the U.S. 7th Army division.
May 06 Naval landing force evacuates 500 Marshallese from Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands
May 06 Tarakan town and airstrip captured.
May 08 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
May 08 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet.
May 08 General Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov near Berlin.
May 08 In Berlin, the unconditional surrender is ratified, marking an end to twelve and a half years of the Nazi Third Reich
May 08 Victory In Europe Day (VE Day) declared.
May 09 Channel Island, Jersey liberated from Nazis
May 09 Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies.
May 09 Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
May 09 Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
May 09 Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested
May 09 Norwegian Nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested.
May 09 Victory celebration at Red Square
May 10 Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese.
May 10 Russian troops occupy Prague
May 11 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
May 11 Wewak in New Guinea captured by Australia's 6th Division
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