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August 30, 1945
On August 30, 1945, the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end. Bernard Arcand, Eddy Baldewijns, Gopalkrishna Gandhi would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · August 30, 1945
The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. His surrender occurred after 18 days of fierce fighting against the Japanese forces that invaded the territory. The occupation lasted for three years and eight months until Japan surrendered at the end of the Second World War.
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The year in brief
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.
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On August 30, 1945
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1945 The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end. Military occupation during World War II
The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. His surrender occurred after 18 days of fierce fighting against the Japanese forces that invaded the territory. The occupation lasted for three years and eight months until Japan surrendered at the end of the Second World War.
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1945 The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base. Supreme commanding authority of a military
A commander-in-chief is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch. As a technical term, it refers to military competencies that reside in a country's executive leadership, a head of state, head of government, or other designated government official.
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1945 The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being. 1945–1991 military governing body
The Allied Control Council (ACC) or Allied Control Authority, also referred to as the Four Powers, was the governing body of the Allied occupation zones in Germany (1945–1949/1991) and Austria (1945–1955) following the end of World War II in Europe. Its members were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and France. Following the defeat of the Nazis, Germany and Austria were occupied as two different areas, both by the same four Allies.
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Other moments from 1945
- April 1 World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
- April 11 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
- April 12 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
- April 12 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.
- April 13 World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
- April 13 World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
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