WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1945
Find out what all happened May to December 1945

World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo. (11. September 1945)

The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end. (22. June 1945)

The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise. (21. November 1945)

Australia joins the United Nations. (1. November 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)

Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients (9. October 1945)

Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War. (5. September 1945)

The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being. (30. August 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)

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

The Food and Agriculture Organization is founded in Quebec City, Canada. (16. October 1945)

Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2. (3. September 1945)

The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base. (30. 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)

Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. (2. September 1945)

Argentinian labour leader José Peter declares the Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne dissolved. (12. May 1945)

Manhattan Project: the Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico. (16. July 1945)

World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: the Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. (2. September 1945)

First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber. (29. May 1945)

Venezuela joins the United Nations. (15. November 1945)