1841 events
The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British…
Second World War: British and Canadian forces concluded the Liberation of Arnhem in the Netherlands from German occupati
World War II: The US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenbürg concentration camp (pictured) in Germany, freei
World War II: The photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdr
World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino
World War II: As Allied forces closed in on Berlin, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker with
Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery duri
World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Geor
Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp su
World War II: American and German troops fought side-by-side at the Battle for Castle Itter, defending a prison against
World War II: The citizens of Prague spontaneously rose up against the city's German occupiers
The Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps were liberated by the United States Army
A parade in Sétif, French Algeria, celebrating the end of World War II in Europe became a riot and was followed by repri
The British Army directed fleeing Croatian soldiers to surrender to the Yugoslav Partisans, beginning the Bleiburg repat
The United States conducted the first detonation of a nuclear weapon during the Trinity test (pictured).
A B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 14 people and causing an estimated…
World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan…
World War II: The USAAF bomber Bockscar dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb (replica pictured) on Nagasaki, Japan.
Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at…