Date: April 20, 1945
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: Allied airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands. 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 1945Mississippi and Alabama Tornado Outbreak Kills 45, Injures 427 – February…
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…
World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army. Date: February 13, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945London Charter Signed by…
The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as the Red Army closes in. 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 1945General Douglas MacArthur Lands at Atsugi Air Force Base,…
The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise. Date: November 21, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp Liberated…