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                | 02/01/1945 | Danish saboteurs wreck a V2 factory 
                  in Copenhagen. | 
              
                | 06/01/1945 | The ban on dancing
                    is lifted in Finland, where it had been illegal to dance
                during  wartime. | 
              
                | 10/01/1945 | The German
                      7th Gebirgsdivision retreats from it's positions in Lätäseno.
                      Only a very small portion of Finland is still in German
                hands. | 
              
                | 12/01/1945 | General Heinrichs
                    is appointed to the post of the commander of Finnish defense
                forces. | 
               
                | 13/01/1945 | The Jørstad Bridge 
                  is blown up by the Norwegian resistance, killing 70 Germans. | 
               
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                | 08/02/1945 
 | Generalmajor Karl Marthinsen, 
                  the head of the State Police is assassinated in his car at Blindernveien, 
                  Oslo by the resistance movement, Milorg. The Germans execute 
                  29 Norwegians in retaliation. | 
               
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                | 25/04/1945 | The last Germans
                    troops withdraw into Norway from Finland. | 
               
                | 30/04/1945 | Allied Norwegian forces 
                  capture Finnmark. | 
               
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                | 05/05/1945 | German forces in Denmark surrender. | 
               
                | 07/05/1945 | General Böhne announces the unconditional 
                  surrender of German troops in Norway. | 
               
                | 13/05/1945 | Crown Prince Olav, some members of 
                  the exiled government and the head of the allied mission, Gen. 
                  Sir Andrew Thorne arrive in Oslo. | 
               
                | 14/05/1945 | The Norwegian resistance 
                  movement (Milorg) is officially disbanded. | 
               
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                | 07/06/1945 | King Haakon VII returns 
                  to Norway, on the fifth anniversary of his leaving the country. | 
               
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                | 06/07/1945 | Norway declares war on 
                  Japan. More than 800 Norwegians are in Japanese POW camps. | 
               
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                | 10/09/1945 | Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian Nazi 
                  leader, is sentenced to death in Oslo. | 
               
                | 25/09/1945 | The last Russian soldier 
                  leaves Norwegian territory near Storskog at 8.55pm. | 
               
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                | 24/10/1945 | Vidkun Quisling is executed 
                  in Norway by firing squad. | 
               
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