This is a timeline of the events that took place during 1945, the last year of World War II. 1: The Germans begin a surprise offensive (Operation Nordwind) in northern Alsace.

World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war.

On May 8, 1945, World War II in Europe came to an end. As the news of Germany’s surrender reached the rest of the world, joyous crowds gathered to celebrate in the streets, clutching newspapers that declared Victory in Europe (V-E Day).

6 天之前 · World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China).

2018年4月3日 · Important events of 1945 and the final year of World War Two, including the atomic bombing of Hiroshmia and Nagasaki. The Battle of the Bulge ends – from now on the German Army is on retreat into Germany itself. The bombing raids …

2009年10月29日 · World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, involved more than 50 nations and was fought on land, sea and air in nearly every part of the world.

2021年11月15日 · World War II began on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland. When did WWII end in Europe? German armed forces surrendered unconditionally to the Allies on May 7, 1945.

2024年5月25日 · World War II (WWII) was a long and bloody war that lasted about six years. Officially beginning on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, World War II lasted until both the Germans and the Japanese surrendered to the Allies in 1945.

The final battles of the European theatre of World War II continued after the definitive surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, signed by Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel on 8 May 1945 in Karlshorst, Berlin.

2025年3月5日 · Europe After World War II (1945 to c. 1989) Simeon Netchev (CC BY-NC-ND) While free and democratic elections were encouraged in the western half of Europe, the eastern half became the USSR's "exclusive zone, a satellite empire" (Dear, 204). Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany, with the USSR controlling the former and ...