Battle of Okinawa Ends, Imperial Japanese Resistance Collapses June 21, 1945
Date: June 21, 1945
Date: June 21, 1945
World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Date: April 29, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 29 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War…
World War II: Yevgeny Khaldei's photograph Raising a Flag over the Reichstag is published in Ogonyok magazine. Date: May 13, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Formed, April 9, 1945First…
World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat. Date: March 22, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On…
The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power. Date: July 26, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945US 82nd Airborne Liberates Wöbbelin…
World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal, the evacuation of areas along the eastern Baltic coast. Date: January 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Mississippi and Alabama Tornado Outbreak Kills…
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…