American Forces Liberate Buchenwald Concentration Camp, April 11, 1945

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 1945Levant Crisis Begins in Syria: Britain, France Clash Over Nationalist…

World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor. Date: October 12, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Igor Gouzenko Defects to Canada, Exposing Soviet Espionage,…

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. Date: January 17, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II Los Baños Internment Camp…

World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation. Date: May 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: Mostar Liberated by Yugoslav Partisans, February 14, 1945World War II: Pforzheim…

World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, one of only two battles in that war in which American and German troops fought cooperatively. Date: May 5, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Axis Sally’s…

Soviet-Japanese War: Battle of Shumshu: Soviet forces land at Takeda Beach on Shumshu Island and launch the Battle of Shumshu; the Soviet Union's Invasion of the Kuril Islands commences. Date: August 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day…