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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.
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]
9 May: 2016 –2023 World War II [23] Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II 1939 – 1945: 8 May: 2023 –present World War II [23] United Kingdom: Victory in Europe Day [c] 8 May: 1945–present World War II [citation needed] United States (Rhode Island) Victory Day: Second Monday in August 1945–present World War II [24 ...
1945 1949 1945 Khuzestan revolt [1] Iran: Khuzestan rebels 1945 1950 Crusader insurgency Yugoslavia: Crusaders: 1945 1949 Chinese Civil War (second phase) Chinese Communist Party People's Republic of China (after 1949) Supported by: Soviet Union Republic of China. Supported by: United States. 1945 1945 August Revolution: Việt Minh: Empire of ...
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;
May 1945 events in North America (2 C, 1 P) O. May 1945 events in Oceania (1 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 27 March 2022, at 23:18 (UTC). Text is available ...
The Sétif and Guelma massacre [a] (also called the Sétif, Guelma and Kherrata massacres [b] or the massacres of 8 May 1945 [c]) was a series of attacks by French colonial authorities and pied-noir European settler militias on Algerian civilians in 1945 around the market town of Sétif, west of Constantine, in French Algeria.
May 1945 events (4 C, 22 P) June 1945 events ... August 1945 events (4 C, 1 P) September 1945 events (4 C, 1 P) October 1945 events (4 C, 1 P) November 1945 events (4 C)