WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1945
Find out what all happened July to August 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)

Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops. (16. August 1945)

The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base. (30. August 1945)

Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War. (25. August 1945)

An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki. (16. August 1945)

The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music. (29. July 1945)

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

The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies. (31. August 1945)

The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begins. (23. July 1945)

The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn Dynasty. (30. August 1945)

The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb. (26. July 1945)

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

The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power. (26. July 1945)

Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing 1 and wounding 5. (11. August 1945)

The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany. (26. July 1945)

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

Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria. (31. July 1945)

Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time). (14. August 1945)