August Revolution: Viet Minh Led by Ho Chi Minh Take Power in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 19, 1945

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 1945Ho Chi…

World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Date: January 27, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: RAF Bombers Bomb Dresden, Germany February 13, 1945RAF…

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…

World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies". Date: February 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23…

World War II: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, thus marking the official end to the war. Date: September 2, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 2 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅…