Historical Events
- RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511
- Roermond & Venlo, Netherlands, liberated
- US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor
- US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
Meeting of Interest
Winston Churchill visits Field Marshal Montgomery's headquarters
Winston Churchill
Famous Birthdays
- Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964)
- Hattie Winston, actress (Nurse, Electric Company), born in Greenville, Mississippi
Famous Deaths
- Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61
- Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75
What Happened in 1945
Ancient Dresden Reduced to Rubble
The blanket bombing of Dresden in East Germany which began on this day, cost thousands of lives and remains highly controversial.
February 13, 1945Bombing of Dresden
Dresden after the Allied firebombing campaign in 1945
February 13, 1945Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
United States Marines raise the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima
February 23, 1945Firebombing of Tokyo
The aftermath of the single deadliest air raid of World War II, the firebombing of Tokyo
March 10, 1945
