Signs Soviet Japan Entry Agreement
Joins Roosevelt and Stalin in approving the secret Far Eastern agreement on Soviet entry against Japan.
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Explore 332 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1945.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1945
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February
Signs Yalta Protocol of Proceedings
Signs the final Protocol of Proceedings on behalf of the British government.
Suggests Final Communique Amendments
Proposes wording changes to the final conference communiqué during the eighth plenary meeting.
Bombing of Dresden
Allied bombing of Dresden leaves 25,000 dead
Cabinet Report on Yalta
Reports to the British Cabinet on the principal agreements reached at the Big Three conference in Crimea.
Commons Debate on Yalta
Defends the Yalta agreements during a House of Commons debate that ends with a vote of confidence.
March
Warning to Roosevelt over Poland
Writes Roosevelt expressing alarm about Soviet actions in Poland and urging a firm interpretation of the Yalta settlement.
Birth of Patricia Boyd
Birth of Patricia Boyd
Battle of Rhine
The British cross the Rhine at Wesel
Capture of Cologne
Britsh, American & Canadian troops capture Cologne
Operation Plunder Rhine Crossing Begins
Launches the 21st Army Group assault across the Rhine at Rees and Wesel.
Operation Varsity Airborne Assault
Supports the Rhine crossing with the large British-American airborne assault of Operation Varsity.
Plunder
Watches the Allies cross the Rhine
United Nations
A conference on the proposed world organisation will be summoned for 25th April
Churchill Visits Rhine Bridgehead
Accompanies Churchill during a visit to troops after the successful Rhine crossings.
Lublin Committee
Churchill argued to Roosevelt that it was "as plain as a pike staff" that Moscows tactics were to drag out the period for holding free elections "while the Lublin Committee consolidate their power."
Lublin Committee
The Soviet Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) arrested 16 Polish opposition political leaders that had been invited to participate in provisional Government negotiations.
Lublin Committee
The arrests were part of a trick employed by the NKVD, which flew the leaders to Moscow for a later show trial followed by sentencing to a gulag.
Death of Eileen Orwell
Eileen Orwell dies during an operation.
Birth of Eric Patrick Clapton
Birth of Eric Patrick Clapton
Occupation
Asks Eisenhower why the Americans are leaving Berlin to the Russians
Death of David Lloyd George
Death of David Lloyd George
Operation Plunder Preparations Completed
Completes the immense artillery, engineering, smoke and logistical preparations for crossing the Rhine.
Rhineland West Bank Secured
Montgomery's armies secure positions west of the Rhine before preparing the major river assault.
April
Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
The Allies liberate Bergen-Belsen
Liberation of Buchenwald
Arranges for photograps of Buchenwald camp victims to be circulated around the Cabinet
Result of Surrender of Heinrich Himmler's Proposed Peace Negotiation
Himmler's approach reveals fragmentation inside the Nazi leadership but does not produce a separate peace.
Surrender of Heinrich Himmler's Proposed Peace Negotiation
Informed Heinrich Himmler wishes to open his own peace negotiations with the Allies
Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Yugoslavia
Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Yugoslavia. Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Poland
Liberation of Dachau
The Allies liberate Dachau
Admiral
Appointed Successor to Adolf Hitler
Advance across North German Plain
Pushes 21st Army Group rapidly across northern Germany after breaking out from the Rhine bridgehead.
Dachau Concentration Camp
Visits Dachau shortly after Allied forces liberate the concentration camp.
May
Result of Surrender of German Forces in Italy, Austria, Holland and Norway
German forces in multiple western and southern theatres stop fighting and enter Allied custody.
Surrender of German Forces in Italy, Austria, Holland and Norway
German troops in Italy, Austria, Holland & Norway surrender
German Surrender Delegation Received
Receives German officers seeking terms for forces facing 21st Army Group in northern Germany and nearby areas.
Promotion to Temporary Brigadier
Reaches the temporary rank of brigadier after beginning the war as a private soldier.
Luneburg Heath Surrender Accepted
Accepts the unconditional surrender of German forces in the Netherlands, north-west Germany and Denmark.
Result of Surrender of German Forces in Northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
German forces in northwest Europe surrender to Montgomery, ending organised resistance across a large northern theatre.
Surrender of German Forces in Northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
In Europe, the 2First Army Group made its way across The Netherlands, Denmark and Northwest Germany, until on 5 May 1945 its commander, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, accepts the German surrender of all German forces
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