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1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat.
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1945 was a year in the 20th century that saw the end of...
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May 29, 2007 · In Robert Conroy’s brilliantly imagined epic tale of World War II, Emperor Hirohito’s capitulation is hijacked by extremists and a weary United States is forced to invade Japan as a last step in a war that has already cost so many lives.
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1945 is an alternate history novel by Michigan economics professor Robert Conroy, an author of alternate history novels, such as 1901 and 1862. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook form by Ballantine Books in May 2007.
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Aug 1, 1995 · 1945. Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen. 3.50. 483 ratings36 reviews. 1945 takes as its departure point from actual history the idea that the US did not fight against Germany after Pearl Harbour. The authors have created a whole new course of history, starting in 1945 with Nazi Germany controlling all Europe except Britain.
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January – In Paris, journalist and poet Robert Brasillachis tried and found guilty of "intelligence with the (German) enemy" during World War II, sparking a major dispute in French society over col...c. January 1 – Jean-Paul Sartre refuses the Légion d'honneur.January 27 – Primo Levi is among those liberated from the Auschwitz concentration campcomplex.February – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is sentenced to eight years in a labour camp for criticizing Joseph Stalin.Fiction
1. Ivo Andrić 1.1. The Bridge on the Drina(Na Drini Ćuprija) 1.2. Travnička hronika (TravnikChronicle, Bosnian Chronicle, Bosnian Story, The Days of the Consuls) 1.3. Gospođica(The Young Lady, The Woman from Sarajevo) 2. Nigel Balchin – Mine Own Executioner 3. Charlotte Armstrong – The Innocent Flower 4. Banine – Caucasian days(Jours caucasiens) 5. Frans G. Bengtsson – The Long Ships (Röde Orm), part 2 6. Adolfo Bioy Casares – A Plan for Escape (Plan de evasión) 7. Robert Bloch – The Opener o...
Children and young people
1. Rev. W. Awdry – The Three Railway Engines (first in 42 Railway Series books by Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry) 2. Selina Chönz and Alois Carigiet – Uorsin (Schellen-Ursli. Ein Engadiner Bilderbuch, translated as A Bell for Ursli) 3. Marguerite Henry – Justin Morgan Had a Horse 4. Tove Jansson – The Moomins and the Great Flood (Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen, first in the Moomin series of 14 books) 5. Jim Kjelgaard – Big Red 6. Ruth Krauss – The Carrot Seed 7. Robert Lawson –...
Drama
1. Jacinto Benavente – La infanzona 2. Mary Chase – Harvey 3. Warren Chetham-Strode – Young Mrs. Barrington 4. Campbell Christie and Dorothy Christie – Grand National Night 5. Eduardo De Filippo – Napoli milionaria("The Millions of Naples") 6. Norman Ginsbury – The First Gentleman 7. Jean Giraudoux (died 1944) – The Madwoman of Chaillot(La Folle de Chaillot) 8. Curt Goetz – The House in Montevideo(Das Haus in Montevideo) 9. Walter Greenwood – The Cure for Love 10. Arthur Laurents – Home of th...
January 3 – David Starkey, English historianJanuary 20 – Robert Olen Butler, American novelist and short story writerJanuary 30 – Michael Dorris, American writer (died 1997)February 12 – David Small, American author and illustratorJanuary 13 – Margaret Deland, American novelist (born 1857)James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: L. A. G. Strong, TravellersJames Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: D. S. MacColl, Philip Wilson SteerNewbery Medal for children's literature: Robert Lawson, Rabbit HillNobel Prize for literature: Gabriela MistralFeb 22, 2022 · 3.63. 166ratings35reviews. Kindle $14.99. Acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Craig Shirley delivers a compelling account of 1945, particularly the watershed events in the month of April, that details how America emerged from World War II as a leading superpower.
