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The British and Soviet forces near Wismar on the Baltic coast, 3 May 1945. The German ocean liner Cap Arcona was sunk by British warplanes in the Bay of Lübeck with 5,000 concentration camp prisoners aboard. Over 400 SS personnel made it to lifeboats and were rescued but only 350 of the prisoners survived. [6] [7]
Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.
Pages in category "May 1945 events" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Battle of Berlin;
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The front page of The Montreal Daily Star announcing the German surrender Final positions of the Allied armies, May 1945 Keitel signs surrender terms, 8 May 1945 in Berlin. Hitler dies by suicide: On 30 April 1945, as the Battle of Nuremberg and the Battle of Hamburg ended with American and British occupation, the Battle in Berlin was still raging.
July 5. The 1945 United Kingdom general election is held, though some constituencies delay their polls for local holiday reasons. Counting of votes and declaration of results are delayed until July 26 to allow for voting by the large number of service personnel still overseas.
9 January 1945 Carl Mydans: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines [s 3] Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima: 23 February 1945 Joe Rosenthal: Iwo Jima, Japan The photograph depicts the raising of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. [46] [s 1] [s 2] [s 3] [s 5] Inside Buchenwald: 16 April 1945 Unknown Ettersberg, Germany [s 3]
In the heaviest raid of the war, 800 B-29s dropped more than 6,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Japanese cities and killed 80,000 people. [5]Paul Tibbets, pilot of the lead plane in the planned atomic bomb run, reported to General Curtis LeMay's Air Force headquarters on Guam and was briefed on the mission over Hiroshima.