1946 Nuremburg War Crimes trials end in Germany with the execution on October 16 of nine major Nazi war criminals.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: GermanyTimeline Subjects: international affairsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1946
1945 Germany surrenders on V-E Day, May 8.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: GermanyTimeline Subjects: international affairsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1945
1945 The Battles of Iwo Jima, Feb. 19-March 26, and Okinawa, April 1-June 22, are major victories for American Marines against Imperial Japan.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: N.A.Timeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1945
1948 The Berlin Blockade by the Soviet Union begins on June 24 and the Berlin Airlift commences two days later.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: GermanyTimeline Subjects: international affairsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1948
1947 The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program begins on June 5 and continues until 1952.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: N.A.Timeline Subjects: international affairsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1947
1946 Post-war baby boom begins on January 1, reaches its peak in 1957 and ends in 1964.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: populationEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1946
1945 Japan surrenders on V-J Day, August 15. The formal surrender ceremony takes place on September 2 on the Battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: JapanTimeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1945
1945 Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 respectively.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: JapanTimeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1945
1945 The Potsdam (Germany) Conference on July 16 to August 2 is the fourth and last Allied Conference on war strategy and the post-war world.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: GermanyTimeline Subjects: international affairsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1945
1944 On December 16, German forces in Belgium and northern France begin a counteroffensive against Allied troops that will be known as the Battle of the Bulge.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: N.A.Timeline Subjects: warEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1944
