Video: 'United Nations Open Conference As San Francisco (1945)'
(Wednesday, April 25, 1945, 7:35 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — Delegates from some 50 countries gathered in San Francisco today to organize the United Nations. Continue reading Conference to form United Nations meets in San Francisco 70 years ago this hour (Apr 25 1945)
Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 24-The Bomb(February–September 1945)' (Apr. 25, 1945, at 10:11)
(Wednesday, April 25, 1945, 12 noon EWT; during World War II) — U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson briefed President Harry Truman today about the possibility of an atomic weapon, outlined the history and status of the program and predicted that “within four months we shall in all probability have completed the most terrible weapon ever known in human history” (click here for a clip of this day on “American Experience: Truman” at 1:41:54). Continue reading Stimson briefs Truman on ‘most terrible weapon ever known’ 70 years ago this hour (Apr 25 1945)
Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 21-Nemesis:Germany(February-May 1945)' (Apr. 25, 1945, at 51:49)
(Wednesday, April 25, 1945, 4:40 p.m. CEST; on the Western Front and Eastern Front during World War II) — The Soviets, advancing from the East, and the Americans, advancing from the West, met today at the River Elbe, near Torgau in Germany, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses. Continue reading U.S. and Soviet troops link up, cutting Germany in two 70 years ago this hour (Apr 25 1945)
Video: 'The Gallipoli Catastrophe Documentary'
(Sunday, April 25, 1915, during the Gallipoli Campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I) — Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula today in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Empire, Germany’s ally, out of the war. Continue reading Gallipoli Campaign begins 100 years ago today (Apr 25 1915)
