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The Yalta Conference (Russian: Ялтинская конференция, romanized: Yaltinskaya konferentsiya), held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
The 1945 Mikawa earthquake (三河地震, Mikawa jishin) occurred off Aichi prefecture, Japan at 03:38 AM on January 13. As it occurred during World War II, information about the disaster was censored. [1] Efforts at keeping the disaster secret hampered relief efforts and contributed to the high death toll.
January 30 – February 2, 1945 Churchill, Roosevelt Preparation for Yalta. Yalta Conference (ARGONAUT and MAGNETO) Yalta Soviet Union: February 4 – 11, 1945 Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin Final plans for defeat of Germany, postwar Europe plans, set date for United Nations Conference, conditions for the Soviet Union's entry in war against Japan.
The Allied leaders agree to insist upon the unconditional surrender of Japan. 22: America and Japan engage in a small skirmish in the Battle of Tokyo Bay. The Japanese take slight losses Clement Attlee, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin at the 1945 Potsdam Conference. 24: Truman hints at the Potsdam Conference that the United States has nuclear ...
Date Country and location M w Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties; Dead Injured; 1 [1] Canada, Baffin Bay 6.5: 35.0: 12 [2] [3] [4] Empire of Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Honshu 6.6: 10.0: VII The 1945 Mikawa earthquake left 2,306 people dead and 896 injured. 7,221 homes were destroyed.
In return, the Soviet Union agreed to support the creation of the United Nations after the war and eventually enter the Allied campaign against Japan. They also agreed to divide Germany into occupation zones and recognize Iran as an independent state after the war. February 4–11, 1945 Yalta Soviet Union [2
At the Yalta Conference in February 1945, the United States had made substantial concessions to the Soviets to secure a promise that they would declare war on Japan within three months of the surrender of Germany. Although the five-year Neutrality Pact did not expire until 5 April 1946, the announcement caused the Japanese great concern ...
The Mikawa earthquake killed over 2,000 people in Japan. Operation Woodlark: Members of Norwegian Independent Company 1 blew up a railway bridge in Snåsa Municipality, Norway. A military troop train unaware of the sabotage derailed and crashed into the river below, killing 70 to 80 people.