1945
Appearance
Millennium: | 2nt millennium |
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Centuries: | 19t century–20t century–21st century |
Decades: | 1910s1920s1930s–1940s–1950s1960s1970s |
Years: | 194219431944–1945–194619471948 |
1945wis a year stairtin on a Monanday.
Events
[eedit|eedit soorce]- Aprile 30–Daith o Adolf Hitler:Adolf Hitleran his wife o ane day,Eva Braun,commit suicide as theReid Airmyapproaches the Führerbunker in Berlin.Karl Dönitzsucceeds Hitler asPreses o Germany(Reichspräsident) anJoseph Goebbelssucceeds asChancellor o Germany(Reichskanzler), in accordance wi Hitler's poleetical testament o the previous day.
- Mey 8– WWII:Victory in Europe Day(V-E Day) observed bi the wastren European pouers asNazi Germanysurrenders, merkin the end o WWII in Europe.
- Juin 26– TheUnitit Naitions Chairteris signed.
- August 6– WWII:Atomic bombin o Hiroshima:A Unitit StatesB-29 Superfortress,theEnola Gay,drops anatomic bomb,codenamed "Little Boy",onHiroshima, Japan,at 8:15 a.m. (local time). The atomic bombins are believed tae hae resultit in atween 129,000 an 246,000 daiths.
- August 9– WWII:Atomic bombin o Nagasaki:A Unitit StatesB-29 Bomber,Bockscar,drops anatomic bomb,codenamed "Fat Man",onNagasaki, Japan,at 11:02 a.m. (local time).
- September 2– WWII ends: the final offeecialJapanese Instrument o Surrenderis acceptit bi the Supreme Allied Commander, GeneralDouglas MacArthur,anFleet AdmiralChester W. Nimitzfor the Unitit States, an delegates frae the Unitit Kinrick, Australie, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Cheenae, an ithers frae a Japanese delegation led biMamoru Shigemitsu,on buird the American battleship USSMissouriinTokyo Bay.
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