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Anti-German rising begins in Prague. Soviet troops sent to assist.
German I and XIX Armies accept the Allied surrender terms at Haar. Ceasefire comes into immediate effect with the surrender to take place at 12.00 on 6 May
German envoys reach Eisenhower's headquarters
US 3rd Army captures Pilsen and Karlsbad
German troops in Holland surrender
Soviet troops capture Swinemunde and Peenemunde
Street fighting breaks out in Copenhagen, but order is restored by the arrival of British troops who take the German surrender
Talks at San Francisco over the future of Poland are suspended pending the arrival of a Soviet explanation of the arrest of Free Polish leaders
Japanese counterattack on Okinawa fails
German submarines U-17, U-60, U-61, U-62, U-71, U-137, U-139, U-140, U-141, U-142, U-146, U-148, U-151, U-152, U-339, U-552, U-554, U-708, U-1223, U-3504, scuttled at Wilhelmshaven
German submarine U-46, U-290, U-1303, U-1304 scuttled in Kupfermuhlen Bay
German submarines U-267, U-349, U-370, U-397, U-721, U-746, U-794, U-1056, U-1101, U-1193, U-1204, U-1207, U-2507, U-2517, U-2522, U-2525, U-2541, U-3015, U-3044, U-3510, U-3524, U-3526, U-3529, U-2333, U-2343, U-2346, U-2347, U-2349, U-2357, U-2358, U-2360, U-2362, U-2364, U-2366, U-2368, U-2369, U-4702, U-4703, U-4707, U-4710 scuttled in Geltinger Bay
German submarines U-351, U-1234, U-2352, U-4701, U-4704 scuttled at Horup Hoff
German submarine U-579 sunk in the Little Belt
German submarines U-717, U-733, U-750, U-827, U-999, U-1025, U-1306 scuttled in Flensburger Forde
German submarine U-38, U-822, U-828, U-3001, U-3005, U-3006, U-3009, U-3501, U-3509, U-3527, U-3528 scuttled at Wesermunde
German submarine U-904 and U-1405 scuttled at Eckernforde
German submarine U-926 decommissioned at Bergen
German submarines U-524 sunk off Helsinger
German submarine U-2544 scuttled off Aarhus
German submarine U-2551 scuttled off Flensburg
German submarine U-3033, U-3034 scuttled in Wasserleben Bay