World War II: U.S. Tenth Army Attacks Japanese Forces on Okinawa, April 1, 1945

Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down. Date: December 24, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945U.S. Troops Capture Leipzig, Later Cede to Soviet Union,…

World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany. Date: May 4, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day…

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 1945USSR Receives US Plutonium Bomb Plans from Klaus Fuchs, October 18, 1945US…

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated. Date: April 15, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Damascus Syrian Demonstrators Shot by French Troops, Levant Crisis May 19, 1945U.S. Senate Approves U.S. Participation in the United Nations,…

World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany. Date: April 13, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Axis Sally’s Last WWII Propaganda Broadcast to Allied Troops,…

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated. Date: April 15, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: Goya Sunk by Soviet Submarine, 7,000+ Die, April 16, 1945Soviet Forces Attack German High Command Headquarters at…