World War II: US Recaptures Corregidor from Japan, February 26, 1945

World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces. Date: September 11, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans. Date: April 6, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Five Children Go Missing After Fayetteville, West Virginia House Fire,…

World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end. Date: April 6, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Operation Veritable Begins: British and Canadian Forces Advance, February 8, 1945Sachsenhausen…

World War II: United States Army troops capture Kassel. Date: April 4, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Prague Offensive Begins, Last Major Eastern Front Battle, May 6, 1945Karl Dönitz Launches Operation Hannibal Evacuation,…

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 → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by a United States Army Air Forces squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. Date: February 14, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On…