Date: September 11, 1945
World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima. Date: February 19, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945King Haakon VII Returns from Exile…
World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany. Date: April 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945BBC Light Programme Launches for Entertainment and Music, July 29, 1945Soviet Union…
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow. Date: January 1, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia. 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 1945Germany’s Flensburg Government Dissolved by British Arrests May 23, 1945World…
World War II: 40th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 185th US Infantry Regiment, lands unopposed in Tigbauan, forcing the Japanese forces to surrender and General Macario Peralta and Gen. Gen. Eichelberger to declare the Liberation of Panay, Romblon and Guimaras. Date: March 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18…
Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria. Date: July 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Neuengamme Jewish Children Killed in Bullenhuser Damm School, April 20,…