WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1945
Find out what all happened April to November 1945

Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany. (18. April 1945)

Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union. (29. June 1945)

World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. (2. May 1945)

August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam. (19. August 1945)

World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death. (2. May 1945)

The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated. (15. April 1945)

Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg. (20. November 1945)

World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor. (12. October 1945)

Women's suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time. (21. October 1945)

World War II: Japan surrenders to end the war. (15. August 1945)

World War II: Denmark is granted liberation, when Germany was forced to step out of Denmark thus ending 5 years of occupation. (4. May 1945)

Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier. (30. October 1945)

HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the Second World War (26. July 1945)

World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. (30. July 1945)

Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines. (7. September 1945)

Fifty nations gather in San Francisco, California to begin the United Nations Conference on International Organizations. (25. April 1945)

World War II: the main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany. (17. July 1945)

Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London. (19. September 1945)

The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies. (25. October 1945)

World War II: Start of Operation Manna. (29. April 1945)