Date: January 31, 1945
World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp. Date: January 30, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day. Date: June 28, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Red Army Invades Japanese-Occupied Manchuria August 9, 1945US Army Liberates…
World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army liberate Baguio as they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Date: April 26, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April…
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…
US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War. Date: January 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Truman Prioritizes WWII Refugees…
World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands. Date: March 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day…