Movies set in 1945
16th Max Manus sinks the SS Donau
27th 121 Rangers slip behind enemy lines
28th the Rangers reach Balincarin, five miles north of the camp
29th Alamo Scouts Lt. Bill Nellist and Pvt. Rufo Vaquilar secure an abandoned shack near the camp
30th prisoners are rescued from a Japanese camp in the Raid at Cabanatuan
31st the freed prisoners are moved to safety
30th German propaganda movie Kolberg is released
13th the US and UK commence bombing of the city of Dresden in Germany
19th start of the Battle for Iwo Jima
23rd six soldiers raise the flag at Iwo Jima
5th Lena Baker is executed by electrocution
7th the Battle of Remagen is fought
1st the 6th Division land in Okinawa
30th Hitler commits suicide
2nd Leo Demidov raises the Soviet flag on top of the Reichstag
5th Desmond Doss saves 75 men
5th the counterfeiters avoid death when their concentration camp is liberated
17th The Monuments Men rescue artworks stored by the Germans in the Altaussee salt mine
6th an atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands and poisoning many more
17th Subhas Chandra Bose travels from Saigon to Tourane
18th Subhas Chandra Bose dies in a plane crash
15th Douglas Bader flies over London to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Britain
23rd Jackie Robinson signs his contract with the Royals, in what has been called The Noble Experiment
27th Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is born
10th British troops began their advance on Surabayu, in what is now celebrated in Indonesia as Heroes' Day
29th Ed Gein's mother dies