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14 January — Eastern Germany is invaded by Russian troops. 18 January — 66,000 Jewish prisoners are evacuated from Auschwitz by the Nazis. 20 January — World War II: The Soviet Union occupies Warsaw. 20 January — The Holocaust: The evacuation of Auschwitz concentration camp begins.
April 7, 1945 (Saturday) Operation Ten-Go: The Japanese battleship Yamato and nine other warships launched a suicide attack on Allied forces engaged in the Battle of Okinawa. Yamato was bombed, torpedoed and sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft south of Kyushu with the loss of 2,055 of 2,332 crew.
May 25, 1945 (Friday) The Battle of Odžak ended in victory for the Yugoslav Partisans. American landing ship USS LSM-135 was sunk by a Japanese kamikaze attack off Okinawa.
1942 ( MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
This is the timeline of World War II, which shows the event linked to World War II during 1931-1945.
1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
