1945 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1945?
- January 1, 1945 – World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front begins.
- January 23, 1945 – World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
- February 13, 1945 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- February 14, 1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relationship.
- February 23, 1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
- March 3, 1945 – World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila in the Philippines.
- March 16, 1945 – Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers. 5,000 are killed.
- March 27, 1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan’s ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war to the Axis Powers.
- April 14, 1945 – Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.
- April 25, 1945 – Fifty nations gather in San Francisco, California to begin the United Nations Conference on International Organizations.
- April 26, 1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army was liberated in Baguio City and they fought against the Japanese forces under by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
- April 27, 1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
- May 6, 1945 – World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
- May 8, 1945 – World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Rheims, France, to an unconditional surrender.
- May 15, 1945 – World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
- June 5, 1945 – The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
- June 7, 1945 – King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.
- August 16, 1945 – Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops.
- August 19, 1945 – Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- December 5, 1945 – Flight 19 is lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
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