1945

Millennium:	2nt millennium
Centuries:	19t century–20t century–21st century
Decades:	1910s1920s1930s–1940s–1950s1960s1970s
Years:	194219431944–1945–194619471948

1945wis a year stairtin on a Monanday.

Events

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 Admiral Chester 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.