Soviet Union Recognizes Pro-Soviet Polish Provisional Government, January 5, 1945

World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established. Date: March 11, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945U.S. Army Liberates Ohrdruf Forced Labor Camp, April 4, 1945Empire of…

World War II: The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture. Date: March 17, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Prague Offensive Begins, Last Major Eastern Front Battle, May 6,…

World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by a United States Army Air Forces squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. Date: February 14, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On…

World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula. Date: January 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31…

Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American who broadcast under the name Orphan Annie during World War II, is arrested in Yokohama by U.S. military authorities amid widespread speculation of her being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose. Date: September 5, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this…