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 ( 1940s: )  1945    | |
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 Raising the flag at Ijowima | |
| 1945 saw the end of World War II |
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World War II
- Full article: World War II
- Full article: World War II
The second world war concluded in 1945, both in Europe and in Japan. The networks which were formalised as NATO's Operation Gladio were around at the end of WWII.
Exfiltration of Nazis
Many senior Nazis escaped out of Germany via ratlines (mostly to South America), other were resettled in the USA under Project Paperclip.
Events
| Event | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuskegee syphilis experiment | A murderous experiment which looked at the progression of syphilis. Subjects were told that they were being treated, while in fact treatment was denied them. Exposed after 40 years by a whistleblower who went to the press. | |
| The Nazi atom bomb programme | ||
| WW2 | The second world war. | |
| "The Holocaust" | In its capitalised form 'The Holocaust' has become the concensus Western term for the treatment of the Jewish populations of Germany and German occupied territories through the period of the second world war (1939-45). Its use in this format stems from about the mid-1960's (i.e. more than 20 years after the events it claims to define). It does not appear in histories or documents before that time. | |
| Manhattan Project | A top secret project to develop nuclear weapons for use in WW2 | |
| Soldatensender Calais | British black propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War | |
| Morgenthau Plan | ||
| WW2/Aftermath | Events directly related to World War II that occurred following the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan in the spring and late summer of 1945 respectively | |
| Ratline | Channels where by prominent Nazis were spirited out of Europe to South America. | |
| WW2/Legacy | ||
| Nuclear arms race | ||
| US/Assassinations since 1945 | ||
| BBC/Censorship/Nuclear Weapons | ||
| France/Assassinations since 1945 | ||
| Yalta Conference | ||
| Rheinwiesenlager | US army run concentration camps in Western Germany | |
| Victory in Europe Day | ||
| Operation Paperclip | A transfer of top German scientists to USA. | |
| Potsdam Conference | ||
| Nuremberg Trials |
New Groups
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia |  | Nation state | |
| Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency |  | ||
| Federal Trust | | ||
| US/Army/Security Agency |  | ||
| International Court of Justice | | International Law | The international court charged with preventing war crimes which is constitutionally unable to carry out its mission as regards the permanent members of the UN security council (and their allies) which are also (more or less) the world's most active weapons producers and wagers of illegal war. |
| École nationale d'administration |  | ||
| Propaganda Due | | "A state within a state", the Masonic lodge most deeply involved in Operation Gladio, apparently used by the CIA to subvert the Italian state. | |
| Arab League |  | ||
| Strategic Services Unit | | ||
| FAO | | ||
| UN |  | Politics International Law | |
| IMF |  | International Economic |
A Group that was Wound Up
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Strategic Services |  | Intelligence agency | Precursor to the CIA. |
==A Quotation==
Deaths
| Title | Born | Died | Place of death | Cause of death | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vassili Mironov | 1945 | Spook | ||||
| David Lloyd George | 17 January 1863 | 26 March 1945 | Wales Caernarfonshire Tŷ Newydd | Politician Lawyer | ||
| Jack Agazarian (WWII) | 27 August 1915 | 29 March 1945 | Spook | |||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 30 January 1882 | 12 April 1945 | Georgia Warm Springs U.S. | Politician Lawyer | Widely recalled for his 'new deal' | |
| Benito Mussolini | 29 July 1883 | 28 April 1945 | Italy Giulino di Mezzegra | Soldier Politician | ||
| Adolf Hitler | 20 April 1889 | 30 April 1945 | Germany Berlin | Politician | ||
| Joseph Goebbels | 29 October 1897 | 1 May 1945 | Germany Berlin | Journalist Politician | ||
| Heinrich Müller | 28 April 1900 | May 1945 | (assumed) | |||
| Martin Bormann | 17 June 1900 | 2 May 1945 | Germany Berlin | A prominent official in Hitler's government with control over assets plundered by the Nazis. | ||
| Heinrich Himmler | 7 October 1900 | 23 May 1945 | Germany Lower Saxony Lüneburg | Agronomist | ||
| Harold Goulding | 21 August 1903 | 4 August 1945 | Edinburgh | Subdural haematoma | Spook Mariner | Master mariner, spook and commander of the Special Boat Unit Headquarters who carried out "very secret work". Interest centers on the final month of the war, when Goulding was purportedly posted to Cardiff. Died of meningitis in an Edinburgh hospital 3 months later after another unexpected posting to Scotland. |
| Hiram Johnson | 2 September 1866 | 6 August 1945 | Maryland Bethesda | Politician | A leading US "isolationist" politician. | |
| John Amery | 14 March 1912 | 19 December 1945 | London Wandsworth Prison England | Activist | ||
| George S. Patton | 11 November 1885 | 21 December 1945 | Germany Heidelberg | Poison? | Soldier | US general who died in a car crash. Officially, an accident. |
Births
