1st » World War II: Battle of Okinawa named Operation Iceberg United States troops land on Okinawa in the last major campaign of the war.
2nd » Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
4th » World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
4th » World War II: American troops Battle of Kassel (1945) or capture Kassel.
5th » Cold War: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia e.g Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
6th » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from Germany called German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
7th » World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato called Japanese battleship 'Yamato', the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk by American planes 200 miles north of Okinawa while en route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go.
7th » World War II: Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina named Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
8th » World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are Celler Hasenjagd called massacred by Nazis.
9th » World War II: The German pocket battleship German cruiser Admiral Scheer or 'Admiral Scheer' is sunk by the Royal Air Force
9th » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
9th » The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
11th » World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
12th » U.S. President of the United States or President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.
13th » World War II: Nazi Germany named German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen (war crime) known as Gardelegen, Germany.
13th » World War II: Soviet Union Soviet and Kingdom of Bulgaria Bulgarian forces Vienna Offensive capture Vienna, Austria.
14th » Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.
15th » The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
16th » World War II: The Red Army begins the Battle of Berlin known as final assault on Nazi Germany or German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
16th » The United States Army liberates Nazi 'Sonderlager' (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz Castle named Colditz).
16th » More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship 'Goya (ship) e.g Goya' is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
17th » World War II: Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from Nazi forces.
18th » Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
20th » World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
20th » World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
20th » Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme concentration camp e.g Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
21st » World War II: Soviet Union Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the Nazi Germany German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht High Command headquarters.
22nd » World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and 80 escape.
22nd » World War II: Führerbunker Events in 1945 e.g Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet Union named Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
25th » Elbe Day: United States Armed Forces named United States and Soviet Armed Forces called Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the 'Wehrmacht' of Nazi Germany in two, a milestone in the approaching end of World War II in Europe.
25th » Liberation Day (Italy): The Nazi Germany Nazi occupation army surrenders and leaves Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement; the puppet Italian Social Republic fascist regime dissolves and Benito Mussolini i
25th » Fifty nations gather in San Francisco named San Francisco, California to begin the United Nations Conference on International Organization.
26th » World War II: Battle of Bautzen (1945) called Battle of Bautzen last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
26th » World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army are liberated in Baguio City and they fight against the Japanese forces
27th » World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Lapland War named Finnish Lapland.
27th » World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian resistance movement e.g Italian partisans in Dongo (CO) known as Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
28th » Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.
29th » World War II: The Nazi Germany e.g German army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies of World War II or Allies.
29th » World War II: Start of Operations Manna and Chowhound e.g Operation Manna.
29th » World War II: The Captain class frigate HMS Goodall K479 is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last ship of the Royal Navy sunk in the European theatre of World War II.
29th » World War II Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Both Hitler and Braun commit suicide the following day.
29th » The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
29th » The Italy Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from Germany German forces by Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) Brazilian forces.
30th » World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet Union known as Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1945
1st » John Barbata, American drummer (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, and The Sentinals (band) named The Sentinals)
2nd » Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter (Les Humphries Singers)
2nd » Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
2nd » Linda Hunt, American actress
2nd » Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
2nd » Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
22nd » Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter (Area (band) named Area) (d. 1979)
24th » Graeme Catto, Scottish physician and academic
24th » Doug Clifford, American drummer and songwriter (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, and Don Harrison Band)
24th » Robert Knight (musician) or Robert Knight, American singer
24th » Doug Riley, Canadian keyboard player and producer (Dr. Music) (d. 2007)
24th » Dick Rivers, French singer and actor (Les Chats Sauvages)
25th » Stu Cook, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Southern Pacific (band) or Southern Pacific, Don Harrison Band, and Creedence Clearwater Revisited)
25th » Richard C. Hoagland, American theorist and author
25th » Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (ABBA and Hootenanny Singers)
26th » Howard Davies (director) known as Howard Davies, English director and producer
26th » Dick Johnson (racing driver) called Dick Johnson, Australian race car driver
26th » Sylvain Simard, Canadian academic and politician