1945 in the United Kingdom

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January 7 - General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference at Zonhoven describing his contribution to the Battle of the Bulge.
February 4 - Prime Minister Winston Churchill attends the Yalta Conference (ends February 11)
March 27- The last V-2 rocket attack on the UK takes place.
March 29- The last V-1 flying bomb attack on the UK takes place.

Churchill waves to the crowds on VE Day

May 8 - V-E Day is celebrated throughout the UK. Churchill makes a victory speech and appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with King George VI, Queen Elizbeth and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Street parties take place throughout the country.
May 28 - William Joyce, known as "Lord Haw-Haw" is captured. He is later charged with high treason in London for his English-language wartime broadcasts on German radio. He is hanged in January of 1946.
June 1 - The UK takes over Lebanon and Syria
July 17 - Potsdam Conference - the three main Allied leaders begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on August 2.
July 26 - United Kingdom general election, 1945. Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's prime minister after his Conservative Party is soundly defeated by the Labour Party. Clement Attlee becomes the new prime minister.
July 29 - The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched, aimed at mainstream light entertainment and music.
August 13 - Zionist World Congress approaches British government to talk about founding of Israel.
August 15- V-J Day is celebrated in the UK.
October 24- The British government signs the United Nations Charter.