23 May 1945 | World War II Database

23 May 1945

Himmler committed suicide at Lüneburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | TH]
Members of the German High Command and the Provisional Government were taken into custody and imprisoned. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | TH]
The Allies dissolved Karl Dönitz's government. ww2dbase [Germany's Surrender | CPC]
USS Ray sank 4 small Japanese vessels west of Japan with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]

Japan

USS Sargent Bay completed repairs and arrived in Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Sargent Bay | Okinawa | CPC]
525 American B-29 bombers conducted a raid on Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | Tokyo | CPC]

Russia

Allied convoy RA-67, the last outgoing Allied arctic convoy, departed the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Murmansk | CPC]

United Kingdom

In Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, British Prime Minister Churchill resigned and formed a caretaker administration in which the Labour Party refused to serve. ww2dbase [Winston Churchill | London, England | AC]

Photo(s) dated 23 May 1945

The body of Heinrich Himmler lying on the floor at British 2nd Army HQ after his suicide on 23 May 1945

Dönitz, Jodl, and Speer being arrested by British troops, 23 May 1945

Captain George C. Montgomery shaking hands with men under his command aboard USS Anzio, 23 May 1945

Aboard USS Ticonderoga, Navy Fighting-Bombing Squadron 87 takes possession of the 10,000th F6F Hellcat to be produced, 23 May 1945 at Ulithi.

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Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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