World War II: Battle of Königsberg Ends in East Prussia, April 9, 1945

World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces. 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 1945Siege of Budapest Ends with German…

World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, fewer than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation. Date: January 19, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Imperial…

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 1945Battle of Okinawa Ends, Imperial Japanese Resistance Collapses June…

The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Date: October 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: Khaldei’s…

Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American who broadcast under the name Orphan Annie during World War II, is arrested in Yokohama by U.S. military authorities amid widespread speculation of her being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose. Date: September 5, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this…

World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established. 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 from 1945Audie Murphy Shows Valor in World War II Action, January 26,…