United Nations Founding Negotiations Begin in San Francisco, April 25, 1945
Date: April 25, 1945
Date: April 25, 1945
World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken. Date: April 27, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 27 π Events…
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow. Date: January 1, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 1 π Events on this day in 1945 π On This Day (Today) More…
World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMSΒ Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat. Date: February 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 9 π Events on this day in 1945 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Imperial Japanese…
King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II. Date: June 7, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 7 π Events on this day in 1945 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: American Forces Land on Corregidor Island,…
US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War. Date: January 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 31 π Events on this day in 1945 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Red Army Final Assault…
World War II: United States Army troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany. Date: April 4, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 4 π Events on this day in 1945 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: VistulaβOder Offensive Forces Germans Out of Warsaw, January…