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January
1-Russians recapture velikye Luki. rail-
+U. S. Department of War information
announces 81, 126 service casualties to
date.
17-U. S. planes based in Africa bomb
1s-Brftish only 40 miles from Tripoli.
23-British enter Tripoli, Libyan capital.
25-Voronezh, big Nazi stronghold. falls to
76-"Unconditional Surrender agreement of
Casablanca announced.
February
7+Last German troops surrender in Stall
ingrad; U. S. Naval forces repel major
Japanese attacks in SolomonS area.
Sailed headquarters establish separate
u. S. command for North Africa.
s-Last Japs withdraw from Guadalcanal.
14-Rostov and Voroshilovgrad captured by
Russians.
15-Russians take Kharkov. important base.
1e-Cruiser Chicago is sunk by. Japs; U. S.
90 Navy reports Is Jap ships hit;
March
31Rzhev retaken by Russians.
ALLIED bombers destroy Jap convoy Of
% ships.
1I-British attack Mareth line in Tunisia.
T-American forces take Gafsa in TuniSia.
1o-Chinese check Jap drive in Hupeh-Hunan
region.
other towns near Smolensk.
76-U. S: and British troops advance in
Tunisia.
cities in Tunisia.
April
I-Fortresses raid Cagliari, Sardinia;
Chinese drive Japs back into Burma.
tChinese retake ChTchiachuan.
5-Allies bomb Naples. Kiel. Antwerp,
1o-British capture Sfax. important Tunisian
bombed in biggest raid"
2o-Russians attack on Kuban front.
21-JapaneSe execute u. S. fiierS.
23-U. S. Naval forces occupy Funafuti
islands. southwest Pacific.
May
7-Bizerte falls to Americans; British first
l4LLast resistance ends in North Africa.
17-Nazis attack in Kuban, Russian front.
19-U. S. bombers raid Pantelleria. italian
island fortress.
23AGuerrilla warfare spreads in Balkans.
30-Japs admit loss of Attu.
3l-French Alexandria feet joins Allies.
June
s-Curtin says invasion danger past in
11-PanteIieria, Italian island fortress. sur
l2-Lampedusa. fortified Italian island. ca
1s-chinese recapture sungtze, port city.
16-Chinese charge Japs use gas.
so-U. S. forces land on RendOva. in
Solomons.
July
1-RendOva taken by y. s. forces. ,o =.
51Russians launch offensive on l60 mile
front; U. S. Navy battles Japs off Solo,
mons. |
12-British capture Syracuse.
13-U. S. troops enter Palermo.
24-Americans take Marsha, Trapani.
15-MUSSOLINI RESIGNS, KING EMMAN-
UEL ASSUMES GOVERNMENT.
ze-RAF raids Hamburg. Hanover. Essen.
z7-Italian peace negotiations begin.
f8-Fascist party dissolved. Riots sweep
Italy.
August
1-U. S. planes bomb Ploesti reHneries.
tRussians take Orel; British capture Cat.
s-Americans occupy Munda, in solomons.
11-Russians drive into Ukraine,
enter Messina; Island OF Vela
Lavella in Solomons taken.
18-Resistance ends on Sicily.
fl-U. s. and Canadian troops occupy kiska.
2AQuebec conference on war plans ends;
z5-British Admiral Mountbatten made chief
OF Allied Southeast Asia command.
S0-Russians retake Taganrog, Nazi anchor.
September
l-Japs withdraw air base from New
Guinea.
AAiiied forces invade mainland of Italy
near Reggie Calabria.
ALLIE capture Palmi, Delianova:
TIA SURRENDERS UNCONDIT1ON-
ALLY; Stalino. steel center. falls to Rus
slams.
eLBritish troops take Taranto; Greatest
Allied raids strike northern France.
1OHGermans seize Rome.
A take Salerno. Italian feet sur
1ESaiamaua falls to U. S. and Australian
forces.
l6-Novorossiisk recaptured by Russians.
24HNaZi troops evacuate Corsica.
26-Jap defense at Finschhafen stiffens.
28-British take Foggia.
October
1-Allied forces take Naples. % days after
landing at Salerno.
S-Australian troops capture Jap base at
Finschhafen, New Guinea.
lIsland of Corsica, in Mediterranean. is
freed Of Nazis.
HRussians complete hopping up of eau.
casus region.
13-Italy formally declares war on Germany,
by action of Premier Marshal Badoglio.
lin great raid on SchWeinfurt, Germany,
important ball-bearing factories are