Second Sino-Japanese War - Battle of West Hunan
Time: Friday Apr 6, 1945
Place: Zhijiang, Huaihua, Hunan, China
Details: In Spring 1945 the Chinese launched offensives that retook Hunan and Guangxi.
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On This Day - 6 April


Mamluks-The Battle of Fariskur
Wednesday Apr 6, 1250 - Faraskour, Damietta, Egypt


Crusades-Louis IX of France was captured as he retreated to Damietta
Wednesday Apr 6, 1250 - Damietta, Egypt


Mozart-The Bassoon Concerto
Wednesday Apr 6, 1774 - Salzburg, Austria


Napoleon-Siege of Genoa
Sunday Apr 6, 1800 - Genoa, Italy


Napoleon-Napoleon was then forced to announce his unconditional abdication
Wednesday Apr 6, 1814 - France


Martial arts-Fencing and Greco-Roman wrestling were included in the 1896 Summer Olympics
Monday Apr 6, 1896 - Athens, Greece


Mexican Revolution-The Battle of Celaya
Tuesday Apr 6, 1915 - Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico


Benito Mussolini-The national alliance won the elections
Sunday Apr 6, 1924 - Italy


The Holocaust-Jewish businesses closed
Thursday Apr 6, 1933 - Germany


Lucky Luciano-A Bribe
Monday Apr 6, 1936 - Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.


Winston Churchill-Operation Wilfred
Saturday Apr 6, 1940 - Norway


Josip Broz Tito-Invasion of Yugoslavia
Sunday Apr 6, 1941 - Yugoslavia


World War II-Invasion of Yugoslavia
Sunday Apr 6, 1941 - Yugoslavia


Igor Stravinsky-Death
Tuesday Apr 6, 1971 at 05:20:00 AM - 920 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, U.S.


Ted Bundy-Denise Lynn Oliverson
Sunday Apr 6, 1975 - Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S.


Jimmy Carter-Economic sanctions
Sunday Apr 6, 1980 - Iran


Falklands War-War Cabinet
Tuesday Apr 6, 1982 - United Kingdom


Bosnian War-Serb forces began shelling Sarajevo
Monday Apr 6, 1992 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina


Bosnian War-Full-scale hostilities had broken out by 6 April
Monday Apr 6, 1992 - Bosnia and Herzegovina


Rwandan genocide-A Crisis Committee
Wednesday Apr 6, 1994 - Rwanda


Rwandan genocide-The assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana
Wednesday Apr 6, 1994 - Kigali, Rwanda


SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-SARS reaches Manila Philippines
Sunday Apr 6, 2003 - Manila, Philippines


Mona Lisa-Salle des États
Wednesday Apr 6, 2005 - Paris, France


Hurricane Katrina-Retirement of The Name Katrina
Thursday Apr 6, 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland


Xiaomi-Xiaomi co-founded
Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 - Anningzhuang Rd, Haidian District, Beijing, China


Dwayne Johnson-WrestleMania XXX
Sunday Apr 6, 2014 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.


Prince Harry-Harry reported for duty to Australia's Chief of the Defence Force
Monday Apr 6, 2015 - The Royal Military College, Duntroon in Canberra, Australia


Apple Inc.-Clips
Thursday Apr 6, 2017 - U.S.


Lula da Silva-Lula appealed to the UN"s Human Rights Committee
Friday Apr 6, 2018 - Brazil


Penicillin-John C. Sheehan completed the first chemical synthesis of penicillin
Monday Apr 6, 2020 at 01:46:00 PM - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
April 1945


Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Gandhi's letter to Birla
Apr, 1945 - India


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
Apr, 1945 - Moscow, Russia (then Soviet Union)


World War II-East Pomeranian Offensive
Wednesday Apr 4, 1945 - Pomerania, Danzig-West Prussia inside Germany


World War II-Fall of Königsberg
Sunday Apr 8, 1945 - Königsberg, East Prussia (Present Day Kaliningrad, Russia)


The Holocaust-Buchenwald was liberated
Wednesday Apr 11, 1945 - Weimar, Germany


Harry S. Truman-Truman's brief vice-presidency was relatively uneventful
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.


Harry S. Truman-A President
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.


Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels knew how to play on Hitler's fantasies
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - Germany


World War II-Roosevelt death
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.


Franklin D. Roosevelt-Death
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 at 03:35:00 PM - Warm Springs, Georgia, U.S.


Charles de Gaulle-Roosevelt died
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.


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
Sunday Apr 15, 1945 - Germany


Martin Bormann-The Battle of Berlin
Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


World War II-Fall of Berlin
Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


World War II-Ruhr Pocket
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Ruhr Area, Germany


Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels burned his private papers
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Germany


World War II-Air raids on Japan
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Japan


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
Thursday Apr 19, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Adolf Hitler-Last trip from the Führerbunker
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Heinrich Himmler-Last Meeting
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Martin Bormann-Hitler's 56th Birthday
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Joseph Goebbels-Most of Hitler's inner circle to leave Berlin
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Adolf Hitler-Battle of the Seelow
Saturday Apr 21, 1945 - Seelow Heights, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany


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
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany


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
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Germany


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
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.


Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Italy


Benito Mussolini-Escaping to Spain
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Spain


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
Friday Apr 27, 1945 - Germany


Heinrich Himmler-Negotiations with the western Allies
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


World War II-Benito Mussolini was killed
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy


Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's death
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy


Adolf Hitler-Marriage
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Adolf Hitler-Hitler removed Göring from all government positions
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Martin Bormann-Bormann was Named Executor of The Estate
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany


Heinrich Himmler-Himmler and Göring are traitors
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Germany


Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and Bormann were witnesses to Hitlers
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


World War II-German forces surrender
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Joseph Goebbels-Hitler married Eva Braun before his suicide
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Joseph Stalin-WWII Finished in Europe
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Germany


Adolf Hitler-Death
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


The Holocaust-Ravensbrück was liberated
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Germany


Martin Bormann-Hitler and Braun Committed Suicide
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Martin Bormann-Bormann was named as Party Minister
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Germany


World War II-Hitler Committed Suicide
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels was depressed
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany
1945


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
1945 - Vietnam


Shimon Peres-Marriage
1945 - Israel


Harald V-Returning to Norway
1945 - Norway


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
1945 - Smestad Skole, Konventveien, Oslo, Norway


Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-After the war
1945 - Czech Republic


Chinese Civil War-Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
1945 - Japan


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
1945 - China


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
1945 - Tokyo, Japan


The Holocaust-Death marches to camps in Germany and Austria
Jan, 1945 - Poland


Heinrich Himmler-Operation North Wind
Monday Jan 1, 1945 - Germany


Alan Turing-Working on The Design of The ACE
1945 - Hampton, London, England


Rosa Parks-Rosa succeeded in registering to Vote
1945 - U.S.


Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky became a Naturalized United States Citizen
1945 - West Hollywood, California, U.S.


Nuclear Power-Little Boy
1945 - U.S.


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
Tuesday Jan 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Pope John Paul II-Germans fled the City
Wednesday Jan 17, 1945 - Karkow, Poland


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
Sunday Jan 21, 1945 - Germany


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
Thursday Jan 25, 1945 - Pomerania, Poland


The Holocaust-Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviets
Saturday Jan 27, 1945 - Poland


Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and his wife discussed suicide
Saturday Jan 27, 1945 - Germany


Winston Churchill-Malta Conference
Tuesday Jan 30, 1945 - Malta


Hirohito-The First Private audience with The Emperor
Feb, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan


Heinrich Himmler-Planning secret Peace Negotiation
1945 - Germany


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
Feb, 1945 - London, United Kingdom


World War II-Yalta Conference
Sunday Feb 4, 1945 - Yalta, Crimea, U.S.S.R.


Winston Churchill-Yalta Conference
Sunday Feb 4, 1945 - Yalta, Crimea


Bob Marley-Born
Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 - Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica


Benito Mussolini-The Porzûs massacre
Wednesday Feb 7, 1945 at 08:38:00 PM - Italy


Winston Churchill-Bombing of Dresden
Tuesday Feb 13, 1945 - Dresden, Germany


World War II-Fall of Budapest
Tuesday Feb 13, 1945 - Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary


World War II-Gothic Line
Mar, 1945 - Northern Italy


John F. Kennedy-Kennedy Retired
Thursday Mar 1, 1945 - U.S.


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
Wednesday Mar 7, 1945 - Serbia (Yugoslavia)


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
Thursday Mar 8, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan


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
Thursday Mar 15, 1945 - Australia


Edward VIII-Resignation
Friday Mar 16, 1945 - Nassau, Bahamas


Itzak Stern-Marriage
1945 - Poland


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
Mar, 1945 - Northern Burma and Western Yunnan, China


World War II-Upper Silesian Offensive
Saturday Mar 31, 1945 - Upper Silesia, Germany


Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Gandhi's letter to Birla
Apr, 1945 - India


Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Separation and reunion
1945 - Germany


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
Apr, 1945 - Moscow, Russia (then Soviet Union)


World War II-East Pomeranian Offensive
Wednesday Apr 4, 1945 - Pomerania, Danzig-West Prussia inside Germany


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
Sunday Apr 8, 1945 - Königsberg, East Prussia (Present Day Kaliningrad, Russia)


The Holocaust-Buchenwald was liberated
Wednesday Apr 11, 1945 - Weimar, Germany


Harry S. Truman-A President
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.


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
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - Germany


World War II-Roosevelt death
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.


Franklin D. Roosevelt-Death
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 at 03:35:00 PM - Warm Springs, Georgia, U.S.


Charles de Gaulle-Roosevelt died
Thursday Apr 12, 1945 - U.S.


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
Sunday Apr 15, 1945 - Germany


Martin Bormann-The Battle of Berlin
Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


World War II-Fall of Berlin
Monday Apr 16, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


World War II-Ruhr Pocket
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Ruhr Area, Germany


Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels burned his private papers
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Germany


World War II-Air raids on Japan
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Japan


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
Thursday Apr 19, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Adolf Hitler-Last trip from the Führerbunker
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Heinrich Himmler-Last Meeting
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Martin Bormann-Hitler's 56th Birthday
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Joseph Goebbels-Most of Hitler's inner circle to leave Berlin
Friday Apr 20, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Adolf Hitler-Battle of the Seelow
Saturday Apr 21, 1945 - Seelow Heights, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany


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
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany


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
Monday Apr 23, 1945 - Germany


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
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.


Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann and the Children fled Obersalzberg for Italy
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Italy


Benito Mussolini-Escaping to Spain
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - Spain


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
Friday Apr 27, 1945 - Germany


Heinrich Himmler-Negotiations with the western Allies
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


World War II-Benito Mussolini was killed
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy


Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's death
Saturday Apr 28, 1945 - Italy


Adolf Hitler-Hitler removed Göring from all government positions
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Adolf Hitler-Marriage
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Martin Bormann-Bormann was Named Executor of The Estate
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany


Heinrich Himmler-Himmler and Göring are traitors
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Germany


Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels and Bormann were witnesses to Hitlers
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


World War II-German forces surrender
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Joseph Goebbels-Hitler married Eva Braun before his suicide
Sunday Apr 29, 1945 - Berlin, Germany


Adolf Hitler-Death
Monday Apr 30, 1945 - Berlin, Germany