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January
III. S. Third army attacks north of
Bastogne against Germans Belgian
salient. In France the Germans attack
u. s. Seventh American forces made
a small gain in Italy. In the Pacific
American planes raid Luzon and Negros
islands in the Philippines.
9-German bulge in Belgium compressed
by new Allied gains.
10-Forces under General Macarthur in
wade Luzon. in Philippines:
17-Warsaw. Polish capital. falls to Rus
slams.
| 23-Russian forces reach Oder river.
28-U. S. First army strikes near st. With,
Belgium. British advance north OF
29-Russians reach a point SO miles from
Berlin. American Third army enters
Germany for first time near Oberhausen.
French forces also smash across border.
February
s-First u. S. cavalry enters Manila.
6-Manila falls to u. S. forces.
10-U. S. First army gains control Of main
U. S. superfortresses raid Japan from
Guam base. hitting Tokyo district In
daylight.
12-Decisions Of Big Three meeting at VAL
ia. Russia. announced.
13-Budapest. Hungarian capital. falls to
III. S. troops land on Bataan. outside
2l-American Thunderbolt planes bomb
Berchtesgaden. Germany. Hitler's noun
tain retreat.
March
2-Chinese take Chaling, important strong
hold in Human province
6-Cologne. Germany's fourth largest city.
falls to u. S. First army.
1O-TOkyo hit by 1000 tons of incendiary
bombs in heaviest raid.
12-American troops invade Mindanao is
16-Tondon area Xii bv W. bombs launched
from Belgium and Holland;
I7-Coblenz, Germany, captured by U. 5.
Resistance of Japanese on Two ends
after long fierce battle.
21-U. S. Third army enters Ludwigshafen.
German troops in rOut.
26-Seven Allied armies advance east OF the
Rhine river.
April
2-U. S. Tenth army invades okinawa.
13-Vienna. capital of Austria. capitulates
to Ukrainian armies of Russian forces.
l9-Leipzig. fifth city of Germany. falls to
q. S. seventh takes Nuremberg, Nazi
25-Beriin encircled by first two Russian
2s-Bremen falls to British Second army.
Russians capture Stettin' important Bal
u. s. First army meets Russian First
Ukrainian army on bridge over Elbe
river near lOIBdu.
27-American tanks push across border to
Austria and capture Gegenbach.
1t. Gen. Kurt Dittmar gives self up
at Magdeburg. admitting war is over.
False surrender report denied ofiiclaly
by President.
Mussolini, former Italian pre-
mier, is executed by Italian partisans
U. S. Seventh army enters Munich.
birthplace of Nazi party.
Venice and Milan, major Italian cities,
fall IN III G Fifth army.
'0-Russian flag flies over German Relchs-
tag building. as resistance weakens.
May
1-Premier Stain of Russia in May day
Victory. saying 1.-THE collapse of Hitler
lite Germany is a matter OF the lmmeoi'
ate future"
"a million German soldiers, sailors and
airmen in Italy and part of Austria
surrender, under unconditional terms
signed April 90 at Caserta. Italy.
Berlin capitulates to Russian armies
under Marshals Zhukov and Konev.
Allied combined forces invade Borneo.
German forces in northwest Ger
many. the Netherlands, Denmark. Hell
goland and the Tristan Islands surren;
der Internationally to British Field
Marshal Montgomery.
Sherman army group G., comprising 400,
900 men, s~urrenders to U. ;. General
Devers. In the north Russians take
ST. S. Third army advances into Czecho;
slovakia and Austria. taking Ptlsen and
Karlsbad.
high command representatives;
headed by Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl, meet
Allied officers to arrange surrender de-
tails at RTImS, Fra Surrender OF
GERMANY FORMALLY RATIFIED IN
BERLIN, ENDING WAR IN EUROPE
AT 1l:O1. CENTRAL EUROPEAN