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1945 in military history
- Berlin Declaration (1945)Adolf Hitler killed himself in the ruins of Berlin on the 30th of April 1945. His death left a power vacuum that the Allies could not ignore.
- Surrender of JapanBy July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy had ceased to be an effective fighting force. Only six aircraft carriers, four cruisers, and one battleship remained…
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiIn 1945, the Pacific War between the Empire of Japan and the Allies entered its fourth year. Most Japanese military units fought fiercely, ensuring that the…
- End of World War II in AsiaThe Tehran Conference met from November 28 to the 1st of December 1943. Soviet leaders agreed to invade Japan after Germany fell.
- Death of Benito MussoliniBenito Mussolini, the deposed Italian fascist dictator, was summarily executed by an Italian partisan in the village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy…
- End of World War II in EuropeField Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signed the German Instrument of Surrender in Karlshorst, Berlin on the 8th of May 1945. This document marked an unconditional…
- Hirohito surrender broadcastThe war situation had developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage by August 1945. Following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on the 6th of August, the…
- Operation PlutoIn early April 1942, Lord Louis Mountbatten approached Geoffrey Lloyd with a desperate question. Could an oil pipeline be laid across the English Channel?
- Battle of BerlinOn the 12th of January 1945, the Red Army began a massive offensive across the Narew River and from Warsaw. This three-day operation involved four army…
- Trinity (nuclear test)In April 1944, Los Alamos physicist Emilio Segrè made a discovery that threatened to derail the entire Manhattan Project.