May 1945 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 1945.
The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on May 1945: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of May 1945?
Events
- 01 May 1945 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII
- 02 May 1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen
- 03 May 1945 German ship Cap Arcona sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed
- 04 May 1945 German troops in the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender
- 05 May 1945 Netherlands and Denmark liberated from Nazi control
- 07 May 1945 British troops pull into Utrecht Neth
- 08 May 1945 Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
- 09 May 1945 Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation
- 10 May 1945 Russian troops occupied Prague
- 11 May 1945 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw, Okinawa, Japan.
- 12 May 1945 Argentinian labour leader Jose Peter declares the Federacion Obrera de la Industria de la Carne dissolved.
- 13 May 1945 US troops conquer Dakeshi, Okinawa, Japan.
- 14 May 1945 Kamikaze-Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise.
- 15 May 1945 World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
- 16 May 1945 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa, Japan.
- 17 May 1945 Two US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu, Japan.
- 21 May 1945 Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart wed.
- 22 May 1945 US 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
- 23 May 1945 Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister
- 26 May 1945 US drop fire bombs on Tokyo
- 28 May 1945 William Joyce (quotLord Haw-Hawquot) is captured. He is later charged with high treason in London for his English-language wartime broadcasts on German radio, convicted, and then hanged in January 1946.
- 29 May 1945 US 1st Marine Division conquors Shuri-castle Okinawa, Japan.
- 30 May 1945 The Iranian government demands that all Soviet and British troops leave the country.
- 01 May 1945 World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in May 1945?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
- Johnny Long & His Orchestra - Candy
- Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Caldonia
- Bing Crosby & Judy Garland - Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk)
- Jo Stafford - There's No You
- Mills Brothers - I Wish
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
