Date: February 21, 1945
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi dissident, is executed by the Nazi regime. Date: April 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: Khaldei’s Raising a Flag over the Reichstag Published, May…
World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins. Date: March 6, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden. Date: February 15, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Wilhelm Gustloff Sinks in Baltic Sea, Killing 9,500 – January 30, 1945End of Prague Uprising, Czech…
World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army. Date: May 1, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Allied Food Airdrops Begin…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Siege of Budapest Ends…
Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. 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 1945Adolf Hitler Moves into Führerbunker, January 16, 1945World War II Los Baños Internment Camp Rescue by…