439 notable events from 1945 — wars, massacres and murders. Page 1 of 5.
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Aug 6, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Nuremberg trials
Nov 20, 1945–Oct 1, 1946 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Demon core
Aug 21, 1945 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Death of Adolf Hitler
Apr 30, 1945 · Germany · Suicide & execution
- Battle of Okinawa
Apr 1, 1945–Jun 23, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Death of Benito Mussolini
Apr 28, 1945 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Dresden
Feb 13, 1945–Feb 15, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Sétif and Guelma massacre
1945–May 12, 1945 · Algeria · Massacre
- Nuremberg Laws
until Sep 20, 1945
- Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Aug 9, 1945–Aug 20, 1945 · China · War & armed conflict
- Indonesian National Revolution
Aug 17, 1945–Dec 27, 1949 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Raoul Wallenberg
Jan 17, 1945 · Hungary · War & armed conflict
- Bleiburg repatriations
May 1945 · Austria · Massacre
- Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945)
Mar 10, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Sodder children disappearance
Dec 24, 1945 · United States · Disappearance
- Kyūjō incident
Aug 15, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Flight 19
Dec 5, 1945 · United States · Aviation accident
- Prague uprising
May 5, 1945 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Aug 6, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia
1945–1946 · War & armed conflict
- Dachau liberation reprisals
Apr 29, 1945 · Germany · Massacre
- 1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash
Jul 28, 1945 · United States · Aviation accident
- Chichijima incident
Feb 1945 · Japan · Massacre
- Manila massacre
Mar 3, 1945 · Philippines · Massacre
- Mass suicide in Demmin
Apr 30, 1945–May 3, 1945 · Germany · Suicide & execution
- Nacht und Nebel
until Sep 20, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- Petar Brzica
Jan 1, 1945 · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Genocide & ethnic violence
- William Heirens
Jun 5, 1945–Jan 7, 1946 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Aug 9, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Iran crisis of 1946
Nov 1945–Dec 15, 1946 · Iran · War & armed conflict
- Matsue incident
Aug 24, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp
Jan 27, 1945 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Mass suicides in Nazi Germany
from 1945 · Suicide & execution
- Battle of Bautzen (1945)
Apr 21, 1945–Apr 30, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Georgian uprising on Texel
Apr 5, 1945–May 20, 1945 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Operation Carthage
Mar 21, 1945 · Denmark · War & armed conflict
- Constanze Manziarly
May 2, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- August Revolution
Aug 16, 1945–Aug 30, 1945 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
Mar 9, 1945–May 15, 1945 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- Chenogne massacre
Jan 1, 1945 · Belgium · Massacre
- Kyushu University vivisection incident
1945 · Murder & homicide
- Operation Crossbow
until May 2, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Osaka
1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Porzûs massacre
Feb 7, 1945 · Italy · Massacre
- White Buses
1945 · War & armed conflict
- Barbara Pit massacre
Jun 6, 1945 · Slovenia · Massacre
- Bombing of Kobe in World War II
Feb 4, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Yokohama
May 29, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Maoka post office incident
Aug 20, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- Ústí massacre
Jul 31, 1945 · Czechia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Sandakan Death Marches
Jan 29, 1945–Aug 1945 · Massacre
- Crimes of the final phase
Jan 1945–May 1945 · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II
Feb 23, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- 1945 Dam Square shooting
May 7, 1945 · Netherlands · Massacre
- Bersiap
Aug 1945–Dec 1946 · Indonesia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Dachau trials
Nov 1945–Aug 1948 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Trial of the Sixteen
Jun 18, 1945–Jun 21, 1945 · Russian Federation · Crime & justice
- Gegenmiao massacre
Aug 14, 1945 · Massacre
- Operation Starvation
Apr 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Augustów roundup
Jul 25, 1945 · Poland · Crime & justice
- Mühlviertler Hasenjagd
Feb 1, 1945 · Austria · War & armed conflict
- Attacks on Kure and the Seto Inland Sea
Jul 28, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- 1945 Futamata Tunnel explosion
Nov 12, 1945 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Levant Crisis
May 19, 1945–Jul 19, 1945 · Syrian Arab Republic · Crisis
- 13 May 1945 German deserter execution
May 13, 1945 · Netherlands · Suicide & execution
- Bombing of Obersalzberg
Apr 25, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- 1945 Mikawa earthquake
Jan 13, 1945 · Japan · Earthquake
- Argelato massacre
May 1, 1945 · Italy · Massacre
- 1945 Katsuyama killing incident
Jul 14, 1945 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Raid on Taipei
May 31, 1945 · Taiwan · War & armed conflict
- Nuremberg Charter
Aug 8, 1945 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Rafael Boban
May 1, 1945 · Austria · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Gunma stepchild murder and cannibalism case
Mar 26, 1945 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- China Clipper
Jan 8, 1945 · Trinidad and Tobago · Aviation accident
- Pawłokoma massacre
Mar 3, 1945 · Poland · Massacre
- Metgethen massacre
Jan 1, 1945–Feb 1, 1945 · Russian Federation · Massacre
- Bombing of Prague
Feb 14, 1945 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II
Aug 1945 · Japan · Shooting
- Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line
Jan 1, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Villarbasse massacre
Nov 20, 1945 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Battle of Kuryłówka
May 7, 1945 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Arnsberg Forest massacre
Mar 23, 1945 · Germany · Massacre
- Kumejima Massacre
Jun 1945–Aug 1945 · Japan · Massacre
- Freiheitsaktion Bayern
Apr 28, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- 1945 Utah prisoner of war massacre
Jul 1945 · United States · Massacre
- Three ships martyrdom incident
Aug 22, 1945 · Maritime disaster
- 1945 Hachikō Line collision
Aug 27, 1945 · Japan · Rail accident
- Sinking of U-864
Feb 9, 1945 · Norway · War & armed conflict
- Halifax riot
May 8, 1945 · Canada · Riot & unrest
- Kočevski Rog massacre
May 1945 · Slovenia · Massacre
- Yunohana Tunnel Train Shooting Incident
Aug 5, 1945 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Awa Maru incident
Apr 1, 1945 · China · Maritime disaster
- Attack on Yokosuka
Jul 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Penzberg massacre
Apr 28, 1945 · Germany · Massacre
- Bombing of the Bezuidenhout
Mar 3, 1945 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Kraków pogrom
Aug 11, 1945 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Postoloprty massacre
Jun 1, 1945 · Czechia · Massacre
- Hanaoka Incident
Jun 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Ishigaki Island incident
Apr 15, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Celle massacre
until Apr 12, 1945 · Germany · Massacre