Soviet and Polish forces liberate Warsaw during World War II.
About 85% of the city was destroyed at that point.
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The United States of America dropped its first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg, Austria.
Nuremberg trials begin.
Adolf Hitler signed the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon during World War II.
Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda became the last Japanese soldier to surrender, 29 years after WWII ended.
