Judgment at Nuremberg
The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg convicts 18 Nazis of war crimes; eleven receive a death sentence.
Nuremberg war crimes trial opens
The International Military Tribunal--comprised of American, British, French, and Soviets--hold war crimes trials for Nazi leaders in Nuremberg.
Hongkew bombed during US air attack on Japanese-occupied Shanghai
Japanese-occupied Shanghai is the target of US air raids beginning in 1944. On July 17, 1945, Hongkew is hit directly, and nearly 40 Jewish refugees and hundreds of Chinese are killed.
Potsdam Conference convenes
Representative of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union meet in Potsdam near Berlin to discuss the future of defeated Axis powers in Europe. Imperial Japan remains the only Axis power yet to surrender.
American forces liberate Mauthausen
American troops reach Mauthausen in Nazi occupied Austria and find approximately 17,000 inmates alive.