83 events found for 1945
World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Batt
William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II
The Smoke Tragedy left 355 workers dead in the underground copper mine of El Teniente, Chile
The Smoke Tragedy leaves 355 workers dead in the underground copper mine of El Teniente, Chile
The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists t
World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the
World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end with an American flag-raising ceremony
The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Un
The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California
Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day
The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia
The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 years, which would be won by Clement Attlee's Labour Party.
Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear…
World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy"…
World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, hold…
The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from…
World War II: The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
World War II: HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
World War II: The USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear…