Ho Chi Minh - August Revolution (1945)
Time: Tuesday Aug 14, 1945
Place: Vietnam
Details: Ho Chi Minh's Việt Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam) launched revolution against French colonial rule in Vietnam, on August 14, 1945.
Related
Near
![First Indochina War-The French seized Hòa Bình](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The French seized Hòa Bình
Wednesday Nov 14, 1951 - Hòa Bình, Vietnam
![First Indochina War-The Việt Minh launched attacks on Hòa Bình](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Việt Minh launched attacks on Hòa Bình
Friday Feb 22, 1952 - Hòa Bình, Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Confirming a "People's War" on the South](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Confirming a "People's War" on the South
1959 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-General de Lattre fell ill from cancer](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-General de Lattre fell ill from cancer
Jan, 1952 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Recognizing Vietnam as an autonomous State](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Recognizing Vietnam as an autonomous State
Wednesday Mar 6, 1946 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-A Peace agreement](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-A Peace agreement
Feb, 1946 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Hồ Chí Minh Informally chose Lê Duẩn to become the Next Party Leader](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Hồ Chí Minh Informally chose Lê Duẩn to become the Next Party Leader
1959 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-French forces overthrew the local DRV government](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-French forces overthrew the local DRV government
Sunday Sep 23, 1945 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-The Franco-Thai War](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Franco-Thai War
Oct, 1940 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![First Indochina War-The Democratic Republic of Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Sunday Sep 2, 1945 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Lê Duẩn was officially named Party Leader](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Lê Duẩn was officially named Party Leader
Saturday Sep 10, 1960 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-Phan Bội Châu death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Phan Bội Châu death
Tuesday Oct 29, 1940 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-Salan Correctly Guessed what The Việt Minh Were up To](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Salan Correctly Guessed what The Việt Minh Were up To
Friday Nov 14, 1952 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-Operation Passage to Freedom](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Operation Passage to Freedom
Aug, 1954 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-General Henri Navarre replaced Salan as supreme commander of French forces](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-General Henri Navarre replaced Salan as supreme commander of French forces
May, 1953 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![First Indochina War-Newly established State of Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Newly established State of Vietnam
1949 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-All-out war broke out](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-All-out war broke out
Thursday Dec 19, 1946 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-The largest operation in Indochina](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The largest operation in Indochina
Wednesday Oct 29, 1952 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-The First U.S. Supplies For Indochina Were Delivered](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The First U.S. Supplies For Indochina Were Delivered
Friday Jun 30, 1950 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-Sir Douglas Gracey proclaimed martial law](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Sir Douglas Gracey proclaimed martial law
Friday Sep 21, 1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![First Indochina War-General Leclerc arrived in Saigon, accompanied by French Colonel Massu's March Group](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-General Leclerc arrived in Saigon, accompanied by French Colonel Massu's March Group
Tuesday Oct 9, 1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![First Indochina War-The Battle of the Day River](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Battle of the Day River
Tuesday May 29, 1951 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![First Indochina War-Presenting The War as a Crusade against Communism](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Presenting The War as a Crusade against Communism
1954 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-Hồ Chí Minh's government gained recognition from China and the Soviet Union](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Hồ Chí Minh's government gained recognition from China and the Soviet Union
Jan, 1950 - Vietnam
![Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)-Vietnam fell into Han control](/assets/placeholder.png)
![A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)](https://historydraft.com/files/41559fc1-11c1-4091-a92f-ca53764e20b0.160.webp)
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)-Vietnam fell into Han control
43 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-The Mourning](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-The Mourning
Thursday Sep 4, 1969 - Vietnam
![Audrey Hepburn-Hepburn went to Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Audrey Hepburn](https://historydraft.com/files/584e8e80-fe68-47b5-83e3-756ffb1947e2.160.webp)
Audrey Hepburn-Hepburn went to Vietnam
Oct, 1990 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Ho met with the OSS agent Archimedes Patti](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Ho met with the OSS agent Archimedes Patti
Apr, 1945 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-The Final Fall Took Two Days](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Final Fall Took Two Days
Thursday May 6, 1954 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-North Vietnam created the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-North Vietnam created the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Dec, 1960 - Vietnam
![SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS identification Carlo Urbani](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Virus Microscope Infection](https://historydraft.com/files/823ab888-1ae3-4e4a-a5ba-7b1f49162d57.160.webp)
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS identification Carlo Urbani
Wednesday Mar 5, 2003 - Hanoi, Vietnam
![SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS Containing in Vietnam: Hanoi French Hospital stops admission](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Virus Microscope Infection](https://historydraft.com/files/823ab888-1ae3-4e4a-a5ba-7b1f49162d57.160.webp)
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS Containing in Vietnam: Hanoi French Hospital stops admission
Tuesday Mar 11, 2003 - Hanoi, Vietnam
![SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS Spread in Vietnam: Hanoi French Hospital Staff infections](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Virus Microscope Infection](https://historydraft.com/files/823ab888-1ae3-4e4a-a5ba-7b1f49162d57.160.webp)
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS Spread in Vietnam: Hanoi French Hospital Staff infections
Mar, 2003 - Vietnam
![SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS Spread in Vietnam: First Patient](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Virus Microscope Infection](https://historydraft.com/files/823ab888-1ae3-4e4a-a5ba-7b1f49162d57.160.webp)
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS Spread in Vietnam: First Patient
Wednesday Feb 26, 2003 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-A Franco-British task force](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-A Franco-British task force
Thursday Sep 13, 1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![Ho Chi Minh-Returning to Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Returning to Vietnam
1941 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Hồ Chí Minh read the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Hồ Chí Minh read the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam
Sunday Sep 2, 1945 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-1st President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-1st President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Sunday Sep 2, 1945 - Vietnam
![Jacinda Ardern-APEC summit](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Jacinda Ardern](https://historydraft.com/files/85730f59-7a59-48e6-83f7-a2b6ee644677.160.webp)
Jacinda Ardern-APEC summit
Thursday Nov 9, 2017 - Vietnam
![2008 Sichuan earthquake-Tremors in Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![2008 Sichuan earthquake](https://historydraft.com/files/17fc4dc6-b6ec-42e2-9817-ef9f3dc331c6.160.webp)
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Tremors in Vietnam
Monday May 12, 2008 - Vitnam
![First Indochina War-The Battle of Vĩnh Yên and Giáp's withdrawal](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Battle of Vĩnh Yên and Giáp's withdrawal
Tuesday Jan 16, 1951 - Vĩnh Yên, Vĩnh Phúc, Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Ho Chi Minh declared war against The French Union](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Ho Chi Minh declared war against The French Union
Thursday Dec 19, 1946 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam
Thursday Nov 1, 1956 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Tet Offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Tet Offensive
Wednesday Jan 31, 1968 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam
Monday Feb 19, 1951 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Meeting the Politburo in a High-Profile Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Meeting the Politburo in a High-Profile Conference
Jul, 1967 - Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-Member of the Politburo](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Member of the Politburo
Sunday Mar 31, 1935 - Vietnam
![SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS Containing in Vietnam: Hanoi French Hospital shutting](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Virus Microscope Infection](https://historydraft.com/files/823ab888-1ae3-4e4a-a5ba-7b1f49162d57.160.webp)
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS Containing in Vietnam: Hanoi French Hospital shutting
Friday Apr 11, 2003 - Hanoi, Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-A Force of 200,000 Republic of China Army Troops arrived in Hanoi](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-A Force of 200,000 Republic of China Army Troops arrived in Hanoi
Sep, 1945 - Hanoi, Vietnam
![Donald Trump-Second Summit](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Donald Trump](https://historydraft.com/files/a89ca764-75c9-4ea2-93ae-d7a292768e09.160.webp)
Donald Trump-Second Summit
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019 - Hanoi, Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Sunday Sep 2, 1945 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-Salan Took Phu Doan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Salan Took Phu Doan
Sunday Nov 9, 1952 - Phu Doan, Vietnam
![First Indochina War-Salan took Phú Thọ](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Salan took Phú Thọ
Wednesday Nov 5, 1952 - Phú Thọ, Vietnam
![Ho Chi Minh-The Democratic Republic of Vietnam government found that war was Inevitable](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-The Democratic Republic of Vietnam government found that war was Inevitable
1946 - Vietnam
![First Indochina War-Hồ Chí Minh was able to persuade Emperor Bảo Đại](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Hồ Chí Minh was able to persuade Emperor Bảo Đại
Saturday Aug 25, 1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![First Indochina War-The Second French Indochina Campaign](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Second French Indochina Campaign
Friday Mar 9, 1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
On This Day - 14 August
![Chinese Civil War-Chiang Kai-shek announced his temporary retirement](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/0e4d0ce8-0789-49bd-a6d8-ded544bb3af4.160.webp)
Chinese Civil War-Chiang Kai-shek announced his temporary retirement
Sunday Aug 14, 1927 - China
![World War II-Atlantic Charter](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Atlantic Charter
Thursday Aug 14, 1941 - Naval Station Argentia, Placentia Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland
![Atlantic Charter-Atlantic Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Atlantic Charter](https://historydraft.com/files/348ede6b-cba0-4e80-b401-f60f39bf7d0a.160.webp)
Atlantic Charter-Atlantic Conference
Thursday Aug 14, 1941 - Newfoundland
![Hirohito-Accepting the Potsdam Declaration](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-Accepting the Potsdam Declaration
Tuesday Aug 14, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Hirohito-The Kyūjō Incident](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The Kyūjō Incident
Tuesday Aug 14, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Carlos the Jackal-To Paris for a trail](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Carlos the Jackal Image](https://historydraft.com/files/0c0b36d2-c41d-42e8-8fc8-35996b2361aa.160.webp)
Carlos the Jackal-To Paris for a trail
Sunday Aug 14, 1994 - Sudan
![1997 Asian financial crisis-A Free-floating exchange rate](/assets/placeholder.png)
![1997 Asian financial crisis](https://historydraft.com/files/5ad496b0-5d43-4412-bbf0-d863c79dd461.160.webp)
1997 Asian financial crisis-A Free-floating exchange rate
Thursday Aug 14, 1997 - Indonesia
![Conflict in Myanmar-The Saffron Revolution](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Map of conflict zones in Myanmar (Burma) - image](https://historydraft.com/files/db6a8884-6224-4360-850f-bf3a70836523.160.webp)
Conflict in Myanmar-The Saffron Revolution
Tuesday Aug 14, 2007 - Myanmar
![Zlatan Ibrahimović-His Final Goal For Barcelona](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Zlatan Ibrahimović - image](https://historydraft.com/files/636caa94-46a1-4720-935a-02f00fad27fd.160.webp)
Zlatan Ibrahimović-His Final Goal For Barcelona
Saturday Aug 14, 2010 - Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
![Samsung-Acquiring SmartThings](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Samsung wordmark (Logo) - image](https://historydraft.com/files/21b5b557-d4a2-428b-a97c-7e1f3baa7220.160.webp)
Samsung-Acquiring SmartThings
Thursday Aug 14, 2014 - California, United States
![New York Stock Exchange-$200,000 a share](/assets/placeholder.png)
![New York Stock Exchange](https://historydraft.com/files/095c7af4-bc03-491f-99d7-d7a191d35d3a.160.webp)
New York Stock Exchange-$200,000 a share
Thursday Aug 14, 2014 - New York City, New York, U.S.
![Hong Kong independence-Controversy erupted in 2018 when the FCC hosted a lunchtime talk with Andy Chan, convenor of the Hong Kong National Party (HKNP) to take place](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hong Kong independence flag](https://historydraft.com/files/4c7e2fb4-eb0d-4fba-a886-e747bb66d3a2.160.webp)
Hong Kong independence-Controversy erupted in 2018 when the FCC hosted a lunchtime talk with Andy Chan, convenor of the Hong Kong National Party (HKNP) to take place
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018 - Hong Kong, China
![Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)-Prince of Changyi was deposed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)](https://historydraft.com/files/41559fc1-11c1-4091-a92f-ca53764e20b0.160.webp)
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)-Prince of Changyi was deposed
Tuesday Aug 14, 74 BC - Chang'an, China
![](/assets/placeholder.png)
Thursday Aug 14, 1727 - France
![Battle of Zorndorf](/assets/placeholder.png)
Battle of Zorndorf
Monday Aug 14, 1758 - Russia
![Marie Allard Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
Marie Allard Birth
Tuesday Aug 14, 1742 - Marseille
![Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Birth
Tuesday Aug 14, 1742 - Cesena
![Anne Henriette of France Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
Anne Henriette of France Birth
Thursday Aug 14, 1727 - France
![Cosimo III de' Medici Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
Cosimo III de' Medici Birth
Thursday Aug 14, 1642 - Florence
![Hans Christian Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
Hans Christian Birth
Thursday Aug 14, 1777 - Rudkøbing
14 August 1945
![Hirohito-Accepting the Potsdam Declaration](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-Accepting the Potsdam Declaration
Tuesday Aug 14, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Hirohito-The Kyūjō Incident](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The Kyūjō Incident
Tuesday Aug 14, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
August 1945
![Atomic Bomb-The First Time To Use Nuclear Weapons In War](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mushroom cloud above Nagasaki after atomic bombing](https://historydraft.com/files/6b23c9ed-a350-49c4-beb0-fa8c04909547.160.webp)
Atomic Bomb-The First Time To Use Nuclear Weapons In War
Monday Aug 6, 1945 - Hiroshima, Japan
![Harry S. Truman-Hiroshima atomic bomb](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-Hiroshima atomic bomb
Monday Aug 6, 1945 - Hiroshima, Japan
![Second Sino-Japanese War-Atomic bombings of Hiroshima](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces in Battle of Shanghai 1937) Image](https://historydraft.com/files/1cf43847-798e-478c-be45-3f99bfdddf72.160.webp)
Second Sino-Japanese War-Atomic bombings of Hiroshima
Monday Aug 6, 1945 - Hiroshima, Japan
![World War II-Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Monday Aug 6, 1945 - Japan
![Second Sino-Japanese War-Atomic bombings of Nagasaki](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces in Battle of Shanghai 1937) Image](https://historydraft.com/files/1cf43847-798e-478c-be45-3f99bfdddf72.160.webp)
Second Sino-Japanese War-Atomic bombings of Nagasaki
Wednesday Aug 8, 1945 - Nagasaki, Japan
![Harry S. Truman-Nagasaki atomic bomb](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-Nagasaki atomic bomb
Thursday Aug 9, 1945 - Nagasaki, Japan
![Korean War-Soviet Union declared war on Japan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Korean War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/7d3eabc0-28aa-49b4-8050-e167a9639e44.160.webp)
Korean War-Soviet Union declared war on Japan
Thursday Aug 9, 1945 - Japan
![Atomic Bomb-The Second Time To Use Nuclear Weapons In War](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mushroom cloud above Nagasaki after atomic bombing](https://historydraft.com/files/6b23c9ed-a350-49c4-beb0-fa8c04909547.160.webp)
Atomic Bomb-The Second Time To Use Nuclear Weapons In War
Thursday Aug 9, 1945 - Nagasaki, Japan
![Second Sino-Japanese War-The Soviet Union renounced its non-aggression Pact With Japan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces in Battle of Shanghai 1937) Image](https://historydraft.com/files/1cf43847-798e-478c-be45-3f99bfdddf72.160.webp)
Second Sino-Japanese War-The Soviet Union renounced its non-aggression Pact With Japan
Thursday Aug 9, 1945 - Manchuria, China
![Harry S. Truman-Soviet Union declared war on Japan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-Soviet Union declared war on Japan
Thursday Aug 9, 1945 - Soviet Union, (Russia)
![Harry S. Truman-Japan agreed to surrender](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-Japan agreed to surrender
Friday Aug 10, 1945 - Japan
![Korean War-The Red Army had begun to occupy the northern part of the Korean Peninsula](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Korean War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/7d3eabc0-28aa-49b4-8050-e167a9639e44.160.webp)
Korean War-The Red Army had begun to occupy the northern part of the Korean Peninsula
Friday Aug 10, 1945 - Korea
![Korean War-Dividing the Korean Peninsula into Soviet and US occupation zones](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Korean War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/7d3eabc0-28aa-49b4-8050-e167a9639e44.160.webp)
Korean War-Dividing the Korean Peninsula into Soviet and US occupation zones
Friday Aug 10, 1945 - Washington D.C., U.S.
![Hirohito-The Cabinet drafted an "Imperial Rescript Ending The War"](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The Cabinet drafted an "Imperial Rescript Ending The War"
Friday Aug 10, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Hirohito-The Emperor informed the imperial family of his decision to surrender](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The Emperor informed the imperial family of his decision to surrender
Sunday Aug 12, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Hirohito-Accepting the Potsdam Declaration](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-Accepting the Potsdam Declaration
Tuesday Aug 14, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Hirohito-The Kyūjō Incident](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The Kyūjō Incident
Tuesday Aug 14, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Second Sino-Japanese War-Japanese Emperor Hirohito capitulated to the Allies](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces in Battle of Shanghai 1937) Image](https://historydraft.com/files/1cf43847-798e-478c-be45-3f99bfdddf72.160.webp)
Second Sino-Japanese War-Japanese Emperor Hirohito capitulated to the Allies
Wednesday Aug 15, 1945 - Japan
![World War II-Japan surrendered](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Japan surrendered
Wednesday Aug 15, 1945 - Japan
![Hirohito-Broadcast the recording of the Emperor's Surrender Speech](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-Broadcast the recording of the Emperor's Surrender Speech
Wednesday Aug 15, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![World War II-Soviets invaded Japanese-held Manchuria](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Soviets invaded Japanese-held Manchuria
Monday Aug 20, 1945 - Manchuria, China
![Atomic Bomb-Physicist Harry Daghlian received a lethal dose of radiation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mushroom cloud above Nagasaki after atomic bombing](https://historydraft.com/files/6b23c9ed-a350-49c4-beb0-fa8c04909547.160.webp)
Atomic Bomb-Physicist Harry Daghlian received a lethal dose of radiation
Tuesday Aug 21, 1945 - Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, U.S.
![First Indochina War-Hồ Chí Minh was able to persuade Emperor Bảo Đại](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-Hồ Chí Minh was able to persuade Emperor Bảo Đại
Saturday Aug 25, 1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle visited New York](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle visited New York
Monday Aug 27, 1945 - U.S.
![Chinese Civil War-First post-war peace negotiation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/0e4d0ce8-0789-49bd-a6d8-ded544bb3af4.160.webp)
Chinese Civil War-First post-war peace negotiation
Tuesday Aug 28, 1945 - Chongqing, China
1945
![First Indochina War-The Provisional Government of the French Republic wanted to restore its colonial rule in French Indochina](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Provisional Government of the French Republic wanted to restore its colonial rule in French Indochina
1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![First Indochina War-The Vietnamese Famine](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Vietnamese Famine
1945 - Vietnam
![Shimon Peres-Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Shimon Peres Main Image](https://historydraft.com/files/5561a0c2-d95b-4693-aa17-178b73ca9f15.160.webp)
Shimon Peres-Marriage
1945 - Israel
![Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Bribes for Lives](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Schindler, Oskar Image](https://historydraft.com/files/590eda65-05e6-498a-8fcf-2e4f6c33868a.160.webp)
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Bribes for Lives
Jan, 1945 - Brünnlitz, Czech Republic
![Harald V-The First Member of The Royal Family To attend Public School](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harald V Image](https://historydraft.com/files/75dad167-a1fe-41a8-9296-955e5e9093c9.160.webp)
Harald V-The First Member of The Royal Family To attend Public School
1945 - Smestad Skole, Konventveien, Oslo, Norway
![Harald V-Returning to Norway](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harald V Image](https://historydraft.com/files/75dad167-a1fe-41a8-9296-955e5e9093c9.160.webp)
Harald V-Returning to Norway
1945 - Norway
![Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-After the war](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Schindler, Oskar Image](https://historydraft.com/files/590eda65-05e6-498a-8fcf-2e4f6c33868a.160.webp)
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-After the war
1945 - Czech Republic
![Chinese Civil War-Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/0e4d0ce8-0789-49bd-a6d8-ded544bb3af4.160.webp)
Chinese Civil War-Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
1945 - Japan
![Computer-The First Electronic Programmable Computer built In The U.S.](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Old Computers - image](https://historydraft.com/files/f783e58c-bb53-49b7-b494-b6de22c3caa4.160.webp)
Computer-The First Electronic Programmable Computer built In The U.S.
1945 - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
![Chinese Civil War-Communist Party Liberated Zone](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/0e4d0ce8-0789-49bd-a6d8-ded544bb3af4.160.webp)
Chinese Civil War-Communist Party Liberated Zone
1945 - China
![Hirohito-Emperor Hirohito began a series of individual meetings to consider the progress of the war](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-Emperor Hirohito began a series of individual meetings to consider the progress of the war
1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Hirohito-The Cabinet had agreed on a Negotiated Surrender](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The Cabinet had agreed on a Negotiated Surrender
1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![The Holocaust-Death marches to camps in Germany and Austria](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Death marches to camps in Germany and Austria
Jan, 1945 - Poland
![Heinrich Himmler-Operation North Wind](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Operation North Wind
Monday Jan 1, 1945 - Germany
![Alan Turing-Working on The Design of The ACE](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Alan Turing](https://historydraft.com/files/1d9897ba-e189-4c56-8a13-30af5c15ae3b.160.webp)
Alan Turing-Working on The Design of The ACE
1945 - Hampton, London, England
![Rosa Parks-Rosa succeeded in registering to Vote](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Rosa Parks Image](https://historydraft.com/files/df62e5bb-1e0d-4cc6-9911-9a97335e29aa.160.webp)
Rosa Parks-Rosa succeeded in registering to Vote
1945 - U.S.
![Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky became a Naturalized United States Citizen](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Igor Stravinsky](https://historydraft.com/files/1d5e0b7c-dac8-489f-8358-c0e8eb2582aa.160.webp)
Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky became a Naturalized United States Citizen
1945 - West Hollywood, California, U.S.
![Nuclear Power-Little Boy](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Nuclear power](https://historydraft.com/files/9b1b7f68-8309-4a68-843f-f6528ff98984.160.webp)
Nuclear Power-Little Boy
1945 - U.S.
![Charles de Gaulle-Winston Churchill made his first visit to France since the liberation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-Winston Churchill made his first visit to France since the liberation
1945 - Paris, France
![Martin Bormann-Hitler Transferred His Headquarters To The Führerbunker](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Hitler Transferred His Headquarters To The Führerbunker
Tuesday Jan 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Pope John Paul II-Germans fled the City](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Pope John Paul II Image](https://historydraft.com/files/8f4bb245-772e-43c5-bfb9-ce380982f3a2.160.webp)
Pope John Paul II-Germans fled the City
Wednesday Jan 17, 1945 - Karkow, Poland
![Harry S. Truman-A Vice President](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-A Vice President
Saturday Jan 20, 1945 - U.S.
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels noted in his diary millions of Germans were fleeing westward](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels noted in his diary millions of Germans were fleeing westward
Sunday Jan 21, 1945 - Germany
![Max Planck-Erwin (His son) was hanged](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Max Planck](https://historydraft.com/files/74eb00b2-2ee0-413e-823a-ee4ae5bcc8f2.160.webp)
Max Planck-Erwin (His son) was hanged
Tuesday Jan 23, 1945 - Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Commander of the Hastily formed Army Group Vistula](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Commander of the Hastily formed Army Group Vistula
Thursday Jan 25, 1945 - Pomerania, Poland
![The Holocaust-Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviets](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviets
Saturday Jan 27, 1945 - Poland
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and his wife discussed suicide](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and his wife discussed suicide
Saturday Jan 27, 1945 - Germany
![Winston Churchill-Malta Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Malta Conference
Tuesday Jan 30, 1945 - Malta
![Hirohito-The First Private audience with The Emperor](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The First Private audience with The Emperor
Feb, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![Heinrich Himmler-Planning secret Peace Negotiation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Planning secret Peace Negotiation
1945 - Germany
![World War II-Vistula–Oder Offensive ended](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Vistula–Oder Offensive ended
Friday Feb 2, 1945 - Poland and Eastern Germany
![Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth appointed as an honorary second subaltern](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Queen Elizabeth II at NASA](https://historydraft.com/files/33b027d2-0635-4557-8078-3f1a9027d017.160.webp)
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth appointed as an honorary second subaltern
Feb, 1945 - London, United Kingdom
![World War II-Yalta Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Yalta Conference
Sunday Feb 4, 1945 - Yalta, Crimea, U.S.S.R.
![Winston Churchill-Yalta Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Yalta Conference
Sunday Feb 4, 1945 - Yalta, Crimea
![Bob Marley-Born](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bob Marley Image](https://historydraft.com/files/23dfc35b-cd78-4e9c-b93d-44e3efd2ff9c.160.webp)
Bob Marley-Born
Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 - Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
![Benito Mussolini-The Porzûs massacre](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mussolini biografia](https://historydraft.com/files/ce6013ee-c5bf-4935-ab2a-a5ec0149c3d1.160.webp)
Benito Mussolini-The Porzûs massacre
Wednesday Feb 7, 1945 at 08:38:00 PM - Italy
![Winston Churchill-Bombing of Dresden](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Bombing of Dresden
Tuesday Feb 13, 1945 - Dresden, Germany
![World War II-Fall of Budapest](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Fall of Budapest
Tuesday Feb 13, 1945 - Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
![World War II-Gothic Line](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Gothic Line
Mar, 1945 - Northern Italy
![John F. Kennedy-Kennedy Retired](/assets/placeholder.png)
![J.F.Kennedy Image](https://historydraft.com/files/14a5c7ef-a577-4350-b668-55f96102b95e.160.webp)
John F. Kennedy-Kennedy Retired
Thursday Mar 1, 1945 - U.S.
![World War II-U.S. forces recaptured Manila](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-U.S. forces recaptured Manila
Mar, 1945 - Manila, Philippines
![Josip Broz Tito-The provisional government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija, DFY) was assembled in Belgrade](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Josip Broz Tito Image](https://historydraft.com/files/c159929f-8e8f-44f4-8c06-d86fa0561860.160.webp)
Josip Broz Tito-The provisional government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija, DFY) was assembled in Belgrade
Wednesday Mar 7, 1945 - Serbia (Yugoslavia)
![World War II-The Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-The Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine
Thursday Mar 8, 1945 - France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Germany
![World War II-Bombing of Tokyo](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Bombing of Tokyo
Thursday Mar 8, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
![First Indochina War-The Second French Indochina Campaign](/assets/placeholder.png)
![First Indochina War COLLAGE - image](https://historydraft.com/files/8bb657fc-1c14-454c-a756-7f0ebf74dd32.160.webp)
First Indochina War-The Second French Indochina Campaign
Friday Mar 9, 1945 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
![Penicillin-Australia was the first country to make the drug available for civilian use](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Penicillin](https://historydraft.com/files/ab2b0eee-edee-403a-89d1-735b441629c1.160.webp)
Penicillin-Australia was the first country to make the drug available for civilian use
Thursday Mar 15, 1945 - Australia
![Edward VIII-Resignation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![King Edward VIII](https://historydraft.com/files/51036a30-955a-4693-beeb-e5eaff7a30a5.160.webp)
Edward VIII-Resignation
Friday Mar 16, 1945 - Nassau, Bahamas
![Itzak Stern-Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Itzak Stern](https://historydraft.com/files/8f8249b0-4287-482f-9ea6-1178728361b8.160.webp)
Itzak Stern-Marriage
1945 - Poland
![Winston Churchill-Churchill decided to restrict area bombing and sent a memorandum to General Ismay](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Churchill decided to restrict area bombing and sent a memorandum to General Ismay
Wednesday Mar 28, 1945 - United Kingdom
![World War II-Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
Mar, 1945 - Northern Burma and Western Yunnan, China
![World War II-Upper Silesian Offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Upper Silesian Offensive
Saturday Mar 31, 1945 - Upper Silesia, Germany
![Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Gandhi's letter to Birla](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Image](https://historydraft.com/files/5c26e366-bf27-4a61-88c9-3ac79de24b5b.160.webp)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Gandhi's letter to Birla
Apr, 1945 - India
![Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Separation and reunion](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Schindler, Oskar Image](https://historydraft.com/files/590eda65-05e6-498a-8fcf-2e4f6c33868a.160.webp)
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Separation and reunion
1945 - Germany
![Ho Chi Minh-Ho met with the OSS agent Archimedes Patti](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Ho met with the OSS agent Archimedes Patti
Apr, 1945 - Vietnam
![Hirohito-The Soviet Union issued notice that it would not renew its neutrality agreement](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Hirohito](https://historydraft.com/files/d83542ab-4929-4f87-8edd-b689d10099e2.160.webp)
Hirohito-The Soviet Union issued notice that it would not renew its neutrality agreement
Apr, 1945 - Moscow, Russia (then Soviet Union)
![World War II-East Pomeranian Offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-East Pomeranian Offensive
Wednesday Apr 4, 1945 - Pomerania, Danzig-West Prussia inside Germany
![Second Sino-Japanese War-Battle of West Hunan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces in Battle of Shanghai 1937) Image](https://historydraft.com/files/1cf43847-798e-478c-be45-3f99bfdddf72.160.webp)
Second Sino-Japanese War-Battle of West Hunan
Friday Apr 6, 1945 - Zhijiang, Huaihua, Hunan, China
![Penicillin-Florey and Chain shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Penicillin](https://historydraft.com/files/ab2b0eee-edee-403a-89d1-735b441629c1.160.webp)
Penicillin-Florey and Chain shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine
1945 - Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
![World War II-Fall of Königsberg](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Fall of Königsberg
Sunday Apr 8, 1945 - Königsberg, East Prussia (Present Day Kaliningrad, Russia)
![The Holocaust-Buchenwald was liberated](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Buchenwald was liberated
Wednesday Apr 11, 1945 - Weimar, Germany
![Harry S. Truman-A President](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-A President
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
![Harry S. Truman-Truman's brief vice-presidency was relatively uneventful](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harry S. Truman](https://historydraft.com/files/339f94c8-8974-4b50-9c49-a4dd6dc1cec7.160.webp)
Harry S. Truman-Truman's brief vice-presidency was relatively uneventful
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels knew how to play on Hitler's fantasies](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels knew how to play on Hitler's fantasies
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - Germany
![World War II-Roosevelt death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Roosevelt death
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
![Franklin D. Roosevelt-Death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Franklin Roosevelt Image](https://historydraft.com/files/a02798e1-92c6-42ed-b447-6e7b75397717.160.webp)
Franklin D. Roosevelt-Death
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 at 03:35:00 PM - Warm Springs, Georgia, U.S.
![Charles de Gaulle-Roosevelt died](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-Roosevelt died
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.
![World War II-Operation Spring Awakening - Last German major offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Operation Spring Awakening - Last German major offensive
Sunday Apr 15, 1945 - Lake Balaton, Kingdom of Hungary
![The Holocaust-Bergen-Belsen was liberated](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Bergen-Belsen was liberated
Sunday Apr 15, 1945 - Germany
![Martin Bormann-The Battle of Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-The Battle of Berlin
Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![World War II-Fall of Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Fall of Berlin
Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![World War II-Ruhr Pocket](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Ruhr Pocket
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Ruhr Area, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels burned his private papers](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels burned his private papers
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Germany
![World War II-Air raids on Japan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Air raids on Japan
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Japan
![The Holocaust-Belsen report "Victims of The Holocaust on Belsen"](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Belsen report "Victims of The Holocaust on Belsen"
Thursday Apr 19, 1945 - United Kingdom
![Martin Bormann-The Red Army started to Encircle Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-The Red Army started to Encircle Berlin
Thursday Apr 19, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Adolf Hitler-Last trip from the Führerbunker](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Last trip from the Führerbunker
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Last Meeting](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Last Meeting
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Martin Bormann-Hitler's 56th Birthday](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Hitler's 56th Birthday
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Most of Hitler's inner circle to leave Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Most of Hitler's inner circle to leave Berlin
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Adolf Hitler-Battle of the Seelow](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Battle of the Seelow
Saturday Apr 21, 1945 - Seelow Heights, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Release of Jewish Concentration Camp](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Release of Jewish Concentration Camp
Saturday Apr 21, 1945 - Germany
![Martin Bormann-Albert Bormann Left The Bunker complex and flew to the Obersalzberg](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Albert Bormann Left The Bunker complex and flew to the Obersalzberg
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels made the last proclamation to the people of Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels made the last proclamation to the people of Berlin
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Himmler met directly with Bernadotte](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Himmler met directly with Bernadotte
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Germany
![World War II-East Prussian Offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-East Prussian Offensive
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - East Prussia (Present Day in Poland)
![W. E. B. Du Bois-United Nations Conference on International Organization](/assets/placeholder.png)
![W. E. B. Du Bois](https://historydraft.com/files/42d20027-4c33-4450-b1fc-c7e84a1675b0.160.webp)
W. E. B. Du Bois-United Nations Conference on International Organization
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
![Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Italy
![Benito Mussolini-Escaping to Spain](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mussolini biografia](https://historydraft.com/files/ce6013ee-c5bf-4935-ab2a-a5ec0149c3d1.160.webp)
Benito Mussolini-Escaping to Spain
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Spain
![United Nations-United Nations Conference on International Organization](/assets/placeholder.png)
![United Nations](https://historydraft.com/files/6fb3a0c6-0f17-4e4a-8bba-949c3872fa7a.160.webp)
United Nations-United Nations Conference on International Organization
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
![Heinrich Himmler-Himmler's SS representative was caught and brought back to the Führerbunker](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Himmler's SS representative was caught and brought back to the Führerbunker
Friday Apr 27, 1945 - Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Negotiations with the western Allies](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Negotiations with the western Allies
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![World War II-Benito Mussolini was killed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Benito Mussolini was killed
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy
![Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mussolini biografia](https://historydraft.com/files/ce6013ee-c5bf-4935-ab2a-a5ec0149c3d1.160.webp)
Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's death
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy
![Adolf Hitler-Hitler removed Göring from all government positions](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Hitler removed Göring from all government positions
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Adolf Hitler-Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Marriage
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Martin Bormann-Bormann was Named Executor of The Estate](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Martin Bormann](https://historydraft.com/files/68999350-492d-4c5c-b324-cc116c0f18ab.160.webp)
Martin Bormann-Bormann was Named Executor of The Estate
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany
![Heinrich Himmler-Himmler and Göring are traitors](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Heinrich Himmler](https://historydraft.com/files/702a5f82-03ed-4640-8278-964e68933d25.160.webp)
Heinrich Himmler-Himmler and Göring are traitors
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and Bormann were witnesses to Hitlers](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and Bormann were witnesses to Hitlers
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![World War II-German forces surrender](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-German forces surrender
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
![Joseph Goebbels-Hitler married Eva Braun before his suicide](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Hitler married Eva Braun before his suicide
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany