of Slovak-Soviet irregular forces in Slovakia August–October – Battle of the Baltic (1944) – German Army Group North trapped in Courland 1944-09-19 – Soviet Union signs Moscow Armistice with Finland 1944-10-06 – 1944-10-28 – Battle of Debrecen – German Army Group Fretter-Pico surrounded and destroyed Soviet Mobile Group Pliyev of the 2nd Ukrainian Front 1944-10-16 - 1944-10-30 - Gumbinnen Operation (First East Prussian Offensive) - Soviet forces unsuccessfully try to advance into East Prussia after the Battle of Memel October – Battle of Belgrade 1944-12-29 – 1945-02-13 – Battle of Budapest 1945 1945-01-12 – 1945-02-02 – Vistula-Oder Offensive – Soviet advance from Poland to deep within the borders of Germany (seen from the location of the borders then) 1945-01-13 – 1945-04-25 – Second East Prussian Offensive – Soviet forces advance in East Prussia and besiege Königsberg. 1945-02-02 – 1945-02-24 – Lower Silesian offensive 1945-02-13 – 1945-05-06 – Siege of Breslau 1945-03-06 – 1945-03-17 – Lake Balaton Offensive – Last German offensive of the war 1945-03-15 – 1945-03-31 – Upper Silesian offensive 1945-04-02 – 1945-04-13 – Vienna Offensive 1945-04-16 – 1945-04-19 – Battle of the Seelow Heights – Zhukov's costly frontal assault on Berlin 1945-04-16 – 1945-05-02 – Battle of Berlin – One month of street-by-street fighting 1945-04-24 – 1945-05-01 – Battle of Halbe – Elements of German 9th Army escape to the west 1945-04-30 – Death of Adolf Hitler 1945-05-07 – Unconditional surrender of Germany in Rheims 1945-05-08 – Unconditional surrender of Germany in Berlin 1945-05-08 – End of World War II in Europe 1945-05-06 – 1945-05-11 – Prague Offensive 1945-05-08 – 1945-05-09 – Liberation of Bornholm See also List of Military operations on the Eastern Front European Theater during WW2 Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II Timeline of the Second World War Notes and references Eastern Front (World War II) Chronology of World War II