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October 25th, 1945 (THURSDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: A Class submarine, HMS Aeneas, is launched from Cammell Laird's shipyard at Birkenhead.

Light cruiser HMS Tiger launched.

FRANCE: 22 German PoWs die in a dynamite explosion at Asniéres-en-Bessin near Bayeaux.

GERMANY: Robert Ley, former leader of the German Labour Front, which replaced trades unions and who has been charged before the Allied Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, commits suicide in prison.

CHINA: The Chinese government regains control of Formosa and the Penghu Archipelago from the Japanese.

U.S.A.: Gearing class destroyer, USS Perry, is launched.

Destroyer USS Perry launched.

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