60 events found for 1945
World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fight
The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Coldi
More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine
World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces
Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam
World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany
Italian resistance movement: In Turin, despite the harsh repressive measures adopted by Nazi-fascists, a great pre-insur
World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses t
Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm scho
World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters
World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt
World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army
World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leader
World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting th
World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising
United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Franc
World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War
World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Weh
World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American tr