1945 events

World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese. Date: February 26, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree. Date: February 24, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

American Airlines Flight 009 crashes near Rural Retreat, Virginia, killing 17. Date: February 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers. Date: February 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces. Date: February 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces. Date: February 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

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: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. Date: February 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On…

World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front. Date: February 21, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 21 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea and damage the USS Saratoga. Date: February 21, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 21 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)