1945
ID: 1547
T-Force (Special Sections Subdivision) established by Allied command
ID: 1547
1945
ID: 1548
Manila liberation - Golden Lily headquarters overrun by Allied forces
ID: 1548
1945
ID: 1549
Discovery of 'Osenberg List' at Bonn University cataloging prominent Nazi scientists
ID: 1549
1945
ID: 1550
Hitler's last will and testament calls for continuation of struggle 'by other means'
ID: 1550
1945
ID: 1551
Allied forces capture IG Farben facilities; Operation Paperclip targets IG Farben scientists
ID: 1551
1945
ID: 1552
Official German surrender - but systematic preservation of Nazi networks begins immediately
ID: 1552
1945
ID: 1553
British forces arrest over 90,000+ Germans in British occupation zone
ID: 1553
1945
ID: 1554
Allied Golden Lily recovery efforts - OSS teams search using captured Japanese maps
ID: 1554
1945
ID: 1555
Joint Chiefs establish Operation Overcast; Potsdam Conference - planning to use German assets against Soviets
ID: 1555
1945
ID: 1556
President Truman formally orders execution of Operation Paperclip
ID: 1556
1945
ID: 1557
First German scientists including Wernher von Braun arrive in US; JIOA established
ID: 1557
1945
ID: 1558
Operation Overcast renamed to Operation Paperclip
ID: 1558
1945
ID: 1559
Project SHAMROCK begins (1945-1975) - NSA/CIA collect telegraphic data with communication companies
ID: 1559
1945
ID: 1560
UKUSA Agreement signed - Foundation for Five Eyes intelligence cooperation
ID: 1560
1945
ID: 1561
Schacht liberated from Dachau by Allied forces
ID: 1561
1945
ID: 1562
Allied Control Council orders IG Farben dissolution
ID: 1562
1945
ID: 1564
Wilhelm Reich's The Sexual Revolution published in English
ID: 1564
1945
ID: 1565
Manhattan Project uses mathematical modeling to design atomic weapons
ID: 1565
1945
ID: 1566
Samuel Eilenberg develops systematic algebraic topology
ID: 1566
1945
ID: 1567
The atomic bomb demonstrates the power of nuclear materials and chemistry
ID: 1567
1945
ID: 1568
Fluorocarbon refrigerants (Freon) enter widespread commercial use
ID: 1568
1945
ID: 4572
Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane introduce category theory - new foundation for mathematics
ID: 4572
1945
ID: 4583
Von Neumann architecture described - stored program concept revolutionizes computing
ID: 4583
1945
ID: 4597
January 1945
Planck's son Erwin executed by Nazis - implicated in July 20 plot against Hitler, Planck's last son
ID: 4597
1945
ID: 5653
January 6, 1945
Warner Bros. introduces Pepé Le Pew in 'Odor-able Kitty' cartoon
ID: 5653
1945
ID: 4598
February 1945
Planck's home destroyed in Allied bombing - loses library and correspondence, age 86
ID: 4598
1945
ID: 1563
May 1945
Patriarch Alexej statement: 'I am moved by your esteem for our Red Army and our beloved leader, Joseph Stalin'
ID: 1563
1945
ID: 4294
June 1945
Von Neumann writes 'First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC' - defines stored-program computer architecture
ID: 4294
1945
ID: 1569
June 19, 1945
Twin boys D.M. and G.M. (10 months) both die June 19 after second DTP injection
ID: 1569