Page 10: Historical Events In 1945

Apr 01   Over 1200 Navy ships and Army troops begin invasion of Okinawa.   

Apr 01   US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II.   

Apr 02   1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa.   

Apr 03   Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army.   

Apr 03   Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43   

Apr 03   Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald.   

Apr 03   US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar   

Apr 04   Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day).   

Apr 04   Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Liberation Day).   

Apr 04   US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.   

Apr 04   US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld   

Apr 05   Almelo Netherlands freed.   

Apr 05   Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41.   

Apr 05   Kuniaki Koiso steps down as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki   

Apr 06   Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42   

Apr 06   Coevorden freed from nazis.   

Apr 06   inaugural heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa   

Apr 06   Most of the Jewish prisoners remaining at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany are forced out on death marches.   

Apr 07   1st and last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers   

Apr 08   Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands   

Apr 08   US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II   

Apr 09   Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier.   

Apr 09   Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged   

Apr 09   Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, results in the deaths of 360   

Apr 10   Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech).   

Apr 10   Allies liberate inaugural Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech).   

Apr 10   Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63   

Apr 10   On his last visit to Theresienstadt, Adolf Eichmann is heard to say, "I shall gladly jump into the pit, knowing that in the same pit there are 5 million enemies of the state.".   

Apr 11   Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum   

Apr 11   At the end of World War 2, the Red army enters the Austrian city of Vienna   

Apr 11   Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29.   

Apr 11   U.S. troops liberate approximately 20000 prisoners from Buchenwald   

Apr 12   Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Neth.   

Apr 12   Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63   

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Jan 03   Stephen stills: Dallas tx, songwriter/guitarist (cosby stills & nash)   

Jan 03   Victoria principal: Fukuoka japan, actress (earthquake, pamela-dallas)   

Jan 04   Jay dee maness: Loma linda ca, singer (desert rose band-love reunited)   

Jan 04   Vesa-matti loiri: Finnish entertainer   

Jan 04   Richard r. schrock: American chemist, nobel laureate   

Jan 05   Sam wyche: Nfl coach (cincinnati bengals)   

Jan 05   Chuck mckinley: U.s. tennis player   

Jan 05   Roger spottiswoode: Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   Vit nejedly: Composer,   

Jan 02   Betram home ramsay: Engl adm/cmdr naval forces (normandy),   

Jan 03   Fyodor akimenko: Composer,   

Jan 06   Vladimir vernadsky: Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)   

Jan 08   Jac[obus] p thijsse: Dutch biologist (omgang met planten),   

Jan 09   Jüri uluots: Estonian prime minister (b. 1890)   

Jan 10   Rudolf borchardt: Writer,   

Jan 14   Sandor vandor: Composer,