Timeline February 1945

Events in February 1945 7

• 1945 Yalta Conference Big Three plan post-war world Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met at Yalta in Crimea from February 4-11, 1945, to plan the post-war reorganisation of Europe. They agreed on the occupation of Germany and free elections in liberated countries.
• 1945 Yalta Conference Allied leaders plan the postwar order Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met in Crimea to negotiate the reorganization of Europe after Germany's defeat. They agreed on the division of Germany into occupation zones and Soviet entry into the war against Japan. The conference shaped the emerging Cold War division of the continent.
• 1945 – 1981 Bob Marley (1945-1981) Died 11 May 1981, aged 36 Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley, the most influential figure in reggae music, died of cancer in Miami on 11 May 1981. He had brought reggae to a worldwide audience with albums such as Exodus and songs including "No Woman, No Cry" and "One Love". He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• 1945 Bob Marley born in Nine Mile, Jamaica Robert Nesta Marley Born in rural Saint Ann parish, later moves to Trench Town, Kingston.
• 1945 Bombing of Dresden Allied firebombing destroys the German city British and American bombers dropped incendiary and high-explosive bombs on Dresden over three days, creating a firestorm that destroyed most of the historic city center. Estimates of civilian deaths range from about 25,000 upward. The raid remains one of the most controversial Allied actions of the war.
• 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Marines raise flag on Mount Suribachi US Marines stormed Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, in one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War. The iconic photograph of Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi became the most reproduced image in history.
• 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima US Marines capture a fortified Pacific island American forces landed on the volcanic island to secure airfields for the bombing campaign against Japan, facing fierce Japanese resistance from fortified tunnels. The flag-raising on Mount Suribachi became one of the most famous photographs of the war. The battle cost roughly 26,000 American and nearly all 21,000 Japanese defenders.