Editing Vader Era (section)

=== 1945 ===
* '''March'''
** Angelo van Noord became staff chief with the SS-Jagdverbände under Otto Skorzeny.<ref name="angelo-final"/>
** Western Allied forces crossed the Rhine and advanced into Germany.<ref name="war-collapse"/>
* '''April'''
** '''30 April''' – Adolf Hitler died in Berlin.<ref name="war-collapse"/>
* '''May'''
** '''7 May''' – German representatives signed the military surrender at Reims.<ref name="war-dates"/>
** '''8 May''' – The German surrender came into force in western Europe. Angelo van Noord destroyed his Soldbuch and obtained false documents under the name Uwe Tering.<ref name="war-dates"/><ref name="angelo-final"/>
** '''9 May''' – The German surrender took effect under Soviet reckoning.<ref name="war-dates"/>
** [[Alessandro van Noord]] fled from Schaan to Switzerland. He was the only known survivor of the ten-member Schaan branch.<ref name="van-noord-collapse"/>
* '''July'''
** Angelo van Noord was released by American authorities while using the name Uwe Tering.<ref name="angelo-final"/>
* '''August'''
** '''6 August''' – The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.<ref name="war-collapse"/>
** '''8 August''' – The Soviet Union declared war on Japan.<ref name="war-collapse"/>
** '''9 August''' – The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, while Soviet forces attacked Japanese-held Manchuria.<ref name="war-collapse"/>
** '''15 August''' – Japan announced its surrender.<ref name="war-dates"/>
* '''September'''
** '''2 September''' – Japan signed the formal surrender document aboard USS ''Missouri'', ending the Second World War.<ref name="war-dates"/>
* '''October'''
** '''24 October''' – The United Nations officially came into existence.<ref name="war-aftermath"/>
* Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG ceased operating by the end of the year.<ref name="van-noord-collapse"/>
* The Vader Era ended. The Middenvader Era began in 1946.<ref name="timeline"/>