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| 18/01/1945 |
British Empire casualties to November 1944 are announced as 282,162 killed, 80,580 missing, 386,374 wounded and 294,438 captured. |
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10/04/1945 |
Churchill reveals British Empire casualty figures up to this point as 306,984 killed. Total casualties are 1,126,802, merchant navy losing 34,161 dead or captured. Civilians casualties are 59,793 killed and 84,749 injured. |
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| 08/05/1945 |
VE-Day (Victory-in-Europe Day). |
| 09/05/1945 |
The German garrison in the Channel Islands agree to surrender to British troops after five years of occupation. The surrender terms are signed aboard the destroyer HMS Bulldog, which is moored off St. Hellier. |
| 12/05/1945 |
British relief troops land at St Hélier in Jersey, to an ‘overwhelming’ welcome. |
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13/05/1945 |
The British Royal Family and allied military leaders attend a thanks giving service at St. Paul’s Cathedral. |
| 16/05/1945 |
British troops land on Alderney, taking 3,200 Germans prisoner. |
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18/06/1945 |
British demobilisation begins. |
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26/07/1945 |
Clement Attlee is elected as Prime Minister of Great Britain. |
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15/08/1945 |
VJ-Day is declared in Britain and huge crowds cheer King and Queen en route to Westminster for the State opening of Parliament. The British release details of one of most closely guarded secrets of war, RADAR. |
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19/09/1945 |
William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) is sentenced to be hanged for treason. |
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08/10/1945 |
Rudolph Hess is flown from England to Germany to stand trial. |
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01/11/1945 |
British Intelligence reports that Hitler probably committed suicide on the 30th April in Berlin after marrying his mistress, Eva Braun. |
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