1945 in History (Part 4)

Events in History

Events 301 - 400 of 557

Raising a Flag over the Reichstag

May 2 World War II: Battle of Berlin ends as Soviet army takes Berlin and General Weidling surrenders
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Soldiers Raqymzhan Qoshqarbaev and Georgij Bulatov raise the Soviet Union flag on the roof of the Reichstag building in Berlin

May 2 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
May 3 1st Polish Armoured Division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West occupies Wilhelmshafen in Germany
May 3 Allies arrest German physicist Werner Heisenberg
May 3 British troop join in Rangoon
May 3 World War II: German ship "Cap Arcona" laden with prisoners sunk by Royal Air Force in East Sea, 5,800 killed - one of largest maritime losses of life

Event of Interest

May 4 German forces in Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands surrender unconditionally to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Luneburg Heath

British WWII Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery — British WWII Field Marshal
Bernard Montgomery

May 4 German forces in Bavaria surrender unconditionally to American commander Jacob L. Devers
May 5 Mauthausen Concentration camp in Austria liberated by US forces from 41st Reconnaissance Squadron
May 5 Netherlands & Denmark liberated from Nazi control
May 5 Uprising against occupying SS troops in Prague
May 5 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated

Event of Interest

May 5 World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz, leader of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases

Naval commander and Nazi leader Karl Dönitz — Naval commander and Nazi leader
Karl Dönitz

May 6 General Johannes Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands
May 6 World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on December 11, 1941).
May 7 World War II: British troops enter Utrecht, Netherlands

Event of Interest

May 7 World War II: Unconditional German surrender to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims

Nazi Leader Alfred Jodl — Nazi Leader
Alfred Jodl

May 7 Princess Irene Brigade moves into The Hague, Netherlands
May 7 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano)
May 7 SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22
May 8 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
May 8 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet

Nazi Germany Surrenders

May 8 German General Wilhelm Keitel formally surrenders to the Allies represented by the United States, the UK, France and the Soviet Union in Berlin
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German commander Wilhelm Keitel signs the final unconditional surrender of Germany in the ruins of Berlin

May 8 V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender
May 9 Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
May 9 Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested
May 9 Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested
May 9 Victory celebration at Red Square
May 9 World War II: Partisans liberate Ljubljana.

Event of Interest

May 9 World War II: Hermann Goering is captured by the United States Army

Nazi Politician Hermann Goering — Nazi Politician
Hermann Goering

May 9 World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day
May 9 World War II: The Channel Islands are formally liberated by the British
May 10 Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese
May 10 Soviet troops occupied Prague
May 11 US Marines conquer Awatsha Draw, Okinawa
May 13 US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
May 14 Kamikaze Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise
May 14 US offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered

Event of Interest

May 14 Physician Joseph G. Hamilton injects misdiagnosed cancer patient Albert Stevens (CAL-1) with 131 kBq (3.55 µCi) of plutonium without his knowledge. Stevens lives another 20 years, surviving the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human

Human Medical Subject Albert Stevens — Human Medical Subject
Albert Stevens

Physician Joseph Gilbert Hamilton — Physician
Joseph Gilbert Hamilton

May 15 World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia
May 16 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf and Half Moon, Okinawa

May 17 2 US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu
May 18 Tigers & A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain

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May 21 Nazi SS-Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler captured

Leading Nazi and Reichsführer of the SS Heinrich Himmler — Leading Nazi and Reichsführer of the SS
Heinrich Himmler

May 22 6th US Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
May 22 NSB-Fuhrer Rost van Tonningen makes failed suicide attempt
May 23 The Allies arrest the members of the Nazi Flensburg government, including Admiral Karl Donitz, formally dissolving Nazi Germany
May 23 German island of Helgoland in the North Sea surrenders to British
May 23 Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) arrested at Danish boundary
May 25 Arthur C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit
May 26 US drop fire bombs on Tokyo
May 29 US 1st Marine division conquers Shuri Castle, Okinawa
Jun 1 WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
Jun 4 6th US Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa
Jun 4 US, Soviet Union, Britain and France agree to divide up occupied Germany
Jun 5 USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
Jun 6 "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam
Jun 9 "Gruesome Twosome" premieres in USA
Jun 9 -10] Australian troops land in Brunei Bay, North Borneo
Jun 10 US destroyer William D Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze
Jun 12 US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa
Jun 13 Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead
Jun 15 Dutch political party ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam
Jun 16 Boo Ferriss loses to Yanks 3-2 after starting his career with 8 wins
Jun 17 Day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)
Jun 18 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) charged with treason
Jun 21 US defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa
Jun 23 Last organized Japanese defiance broken (Tarakan)
Jun 24 Schermerhorn government forms in the Netherlands
Jun 24 The Moscow Victory Parade takes place
Jun 25 Allied landing at Ternate Molukkas
Jun 25 Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa

United Nations Charter

Jun 26 United Nations Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco
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Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations

Jun 27 Foundation 1940-45 established
Jun 28 Polish Provisional government of National Unity set up by Soviets
Jun 29 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record)
Jun 29 Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, annexed by Soviet Union, becomes Ukrainian SSR
Jun 30 17-day newspaper strike in NY begins
Jul 1 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office
Jul 1 Allies troop land on Balikpapan

Event of Interest

Jul 3 James F. Byrnes becomes 49th US Secretary of State, succeeding Edward Stettinius

Politician and US Secretary of State James F. Byrnes — Politician and US Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes

Jul 4 Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson gives Britain's agreement to use the atomic bomb against Japan at the Combined Policy Committee in Washington D. C.

Election of Interest

Jul 5 Labour Party under Clement Attlee wins British parliamentary elections (results not declared until 26 July)

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee — British Prime Minister
Clement Attlee

Jul 5 World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared
Jul 6 Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to ratify the Charter of the United Nations
Jul 6 US President Harry Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom
Jul 6 Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games
Jul 10 Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff
Jul 14 Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan
Jul 16 1st test detonation of an atomic bomb, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the US Manhattan Project

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