The Year 1945 From The People History

1945 Following effects from Polio as a young man President Roosevelt died on April 12th 1945. Following the defeat of Germany in early 1945 the war officially ended in Europe on May 7th 1945 ( V-E Day ). President Harry S. Truman orders the use of the new Nuclear Bombs developed by ( Robert Oppenheimer's team ) the first an atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan, and after the 2nd atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" over the city of Nagasaki, Japan 5 days later Japan surrendered August 14th 1945 ( V-J Day ) .

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World War II 1945

Germany

• Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Fuhrerbunker

Austria

• Nazis begin to evacuate from Auschwitz concentration camp

Germany

• US Troops Liberate Buchenwald, Germany Concentration Camp

Germany

• Dachau concentration camp liberated

U.S.

• President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin sign the Yalta Agreement

Philippines

• The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by American forces

Burma

• The capital of Burma, Mandalay, is liberated by British Troops

Italy

• Italian partisans execute Benito Mussolini

Austria

• Vienna is liberated by Russian Cossack Allies

Germany

• British troops liberate Belsen Concentration camp finding no running water and thousands of dead and rotting corpses

Japan

• American B-29 bombers attack Japan with incendiary bombs . Tokyo is fire-bombed killing 100,000 citizens.

U.S.

• The USS Indianapolis is sunk by Japanese Submarine killing 883 seamen on July 29th , ( Many were killed through shark attacks while awaiting rescue )

U.S.

• USS Franklin severely damaged with the loss of 700 + lives

Germany

• A massive air raid using incendiaries completely destroys the city of Dresden

Germany

• Adolf Hitler and his wife of one day, Eva Braun, commit suicide

Germany

• Joseph Goebbels and his wife commit suicide after killing their 6 children

UK

• V-E Day (Victory in Europe, as Nazi Germany surrenders) commemorates the end of World War II in Europe.

Germany

• William Joyce, known as "Lord Haw-Haw" is captured. He is later charged with high treason in London for his English-language wartime broadcasts on German radio. He is hanged in January of 1946.

U.S.

• The United States Tenth Army take control of Okinawa, main island of the Ryukyus, 362 miles from the Japanese home islands

Germany

• Germany is divided between Allied occupation forces

Austria

• Austria like Germany was divided into 4 Zones: American, British, French and Russian

Japan

• The United States detonates an atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan August 6th

Japan

• The United States detonates an atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" over the city of Nagasaki, Japan

Japan

• Emperor Hirohito announces Japan's surrender on the radio.

France

• France puts the leader of the Nazi Appointed Vichy Government Leader on Trial for treason

U.S.

• The United States celebrate V-J Day (Victory in Japan).

U.S.

• United States Marines land on Iwo Jima

World

• World War II ends

Germany

• The first German war crimes trial begins in Nuremberg.

Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh declares independence of Vietnam from France

What Events Happened in 1945

U.S.

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945) dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) takes the Oath of Office.

World

• 50 nations sign the United Nations Charter creating the United Nations

Bermuda

• Five U.S. Navy bombers Flight 19 are Lost In the Bermuda Triangle

U.S.

• A US Bomber Crashes into the 79th Floor of The Empire State Building

UK

• The British Labour Party Under Clement Attlee defeat Winston Churchill and the Conservative party

Popular Culture

• "Your Lucky Hit Parade" Broadcast For The First Time

Popular Films

• Anchors Away



• The Paleface



• The Lost Weekend



• Spellbound



• National Velvet



• Orwell published his anti-Stalinist allegory Animal Farm,



• Arthur C. Clarke puts forward the idea of a communications satellite in a Wireless World magazine article.

Technology

• Percy Spencer accidentally discovers that microwaves can heat food



• In 1945 only 5,000 homes have Television Sets



• Assembly of the world's first general purpose electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer (ENIAC), is completed. It covers 1800 feet of floor space. The first set of calculations is run on the computer

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use ) 1945
Atomic Bomb USA by Robert Oppenheimer's team
Microwave Oven Percy LeBaron Spencer

Major World Political Leaders 1945

Australia Prime Minister John Curtin Till 5 July
Australia Prime Minister Frank Forde From 6 July
Australia Prime Minister Frank Forde Till 13 July
Australia Prime Minister Ben Chifley From 13 July

Brazil President Getúlio Vargas Till 29 October
Brazil President José Linhares From 29 October

Canada Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King

Germany Chancellor Adolf Hitler Till April 30
Germany Chancellor Joseph Goebbels From April 30
Germany Chancellor Joseph Goebbels Till May 1

Italy Prime Minister Ivanoe Bonomi Till 19 June
Italy Prime Minister Ferruccio Parri From 21 June
Italy Prime Minister Ferruccio Parri Till 8 December
Italy Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi From 10 December

Japan Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso Till 7 April
Japan Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki From 7 April
Japan Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki Till 17 August
Japan Prime Minister HIH Prince Naruhiko of Higashikuni From 17 August
Japan Prime Minister HIH Prince Naruhiko of Higashikuni Till 9 October
Japan Prime Minister Kijūrō Shidehara From 9 October

Mexico President Manuel Ávila Camacho

Russia / Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Central Committee Joseph Stalin

South Africa Prime Minister Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt Till April 12,
United States President Harry S. Truman From April 12,

United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill Till 26 July
United Kingdom Prime Minister Clement Attlee From 26 July

Political Elections 1945

British General Election 1945 Clement Attlee ( Labour ) defeats Winston Churchill ( Conservative ) and Archibald Sinclair ( Liberal )



Canadian Federal Election 1945 William Lyon Mackenzie King ( Liberal ) defeats John Bracken ( Progressive Conservatives ).


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