WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1945
Find out what all happened March to September 1945

The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians. (10. March 1945)

A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond. (15. September 1945)

Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre. (8. May 1945)

The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power. (5. June 1945)

End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic. (8. May 1945)

World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces. (7. April 1945)

World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends. (9. April 1945)

World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon. (14. June 1945)

World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright. (9. August 1945)

World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna, Austria. (13. April 1945)

World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany. (4. April 1945)

World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. (21. April 1945)

World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted. (16. March 1945)

The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco. (26. June 1945)

Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory". (5. April 1945)

Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement. (28. April 1945)

World War II: 1,250 American bombers attacked Berlin. (18. March 1945)

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established. (19. April 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)

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