Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda became the last Japanese soldier to surrender, 29 years after WWII ended.
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The Germans surrendered to the Allies.
The battle of the Ruhr campaign began during WWII with an air raid in Essen, Germany.
Adolf Hitler offered peace to Great Britain if they would surrender and allow Germany to dominate the country.
Nuremberg trials begin.
Potsdam Declaration is signed.