Date: May 16, 1945
World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day. Date: April 25, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in…
World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet POWs from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde, Usedom. Date: February 8, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Trade Union Council of Transcarpathian Ukraine…
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2. Date: March 11, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa. Date: April 1, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945USSR Receives US Plutonium Bomb Plans from Klaus Fuchs, October…
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) More events from 1945Hermann Göring Seeks Leadership of Nazi Germany,…
World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody. Date: May 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Audie Murphy Displays Valor in World War II, January 26,…