B-29 bombers raid Japan. U.S. wins the Battle of the Philippine Sea. In the Pacific, U.S. troops land on Guam. Allies land in southern France. The Allies halt their offensive by the 27th.
Russian solders enter Warsaw.
In the Pacific, U.S. marines take Iwo Jima Island. Russian soldiers reach Berlin. Berlin surrenders to the Russians. Germany surrenders to the Allies. President Harry S. Truman authorizes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.