World War II: Battle of Königsberg Ends in East Prussia, April 9, 1945

World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody. Date: May 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945US 82nd Airborne Liberates Wöbbelin Concentration Camp, May 2, 1945Bergen-Belsen…

World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay, resulting in more than 7,000 deaths. Date: May 3, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre. Date: May 8, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Red Army Begins Vistula–Oder Offensive, January 12, 1945Siege of Budapest Ends…

King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II. Date: June 7, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: Kamikaze Sinks USS Bismarck Sea, Damages…

World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker. Date: January 16, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Siege of Budapest Ends with German-Hungarian Surrender, February 13, 1945Manila Liberated by…

The Holocaust: Nazi Germany carries out its final use of gas chambers to execute 33 Upper Austrian socialist and communist leaders in Mauthausen concentration camp. Date: April 28, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…