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salient. In France the Germans at
tack U. S. Seventh. American forces
made a small gain in Italy. In the
Paclfc american planes raid Iu,
zon and Negros islands In the Phil,
Sherman bulge in Belgium com.
pressed by new Allied gains.
l0-Forces under General Macarthur
invade Luzon. in Philippines.
if-Warsaw. Polish capital. falls to Rus
23-Russian forces reach Oder river.
28-U: 5. First army strikes near st.
With, Belgium. British advance north
of Aachen, Germany.
29-Russians reach a point SO miles
from Berlin. American Third army
enters Germany for first time near
O~berhausen. French forces also
smash across border.
February
6-Manila falls to U. S. forces.
l0-U. S. First army gains control of
main Roer river dam.
U. S. superfortresSes raid Japan
from Guam base. hitting Tokyo dis
12-Decisions of Big Three meeting at
Yalta. Russia, announced.
i3-Budapest. Hungarian capital. falls
l7-U, S; troops land on Bataan. out
21-American Thunderbolt planes bomb
Berchtesgaden. Germany, Hitler's
mountain retreat.
March
2-Chinese take Chaling. important
stronghold in Human province.
6-Cologne. Germany's fourth largest
city, falls to U. S. First army.
10[Tokyo hit by 1000 ons of incendiary
bombs in heaviest raid.
l2-American troops invade Mindanao
island in Philippines.
launched from Belgium n Holland.
l7-Coblenz, Germany. captured by U.
S. Third army.
Resistance of japanese on Two ends
after long fierce battle.
21-U. S. Third army enters Ludwigs-
hafen. 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, capitu-
lates to Ukrainian armies of Russian
forces.
19-Leipzig, fifth city of Germany. falls
to U. S. First army.
U. S. Seventh army takes Nurem-
berg. NaZi shrine" city.
25-Berlin encircled by first two Russian
armies.
26-Bremen falls to British Second army.
Russians capture Stettin. important
Baltic port.
U. s. First army meets Russian
First Ukrasnian army on bridge over
Elbe rivs- near 1or2au.
27-Americsn tanks push across border
to Austria and capture Gegenbach.
1t. Gen. Kurt Dittmar gives self up
at Magdeburg. admitting war is
over.
28-False surrender report denied off,
cially by President.
29-Benito Mussolini. former italian pre-
mier. Is executed by Italian parti-
san near Dongo. Italy.
u. S. Seventh army enters Munich.
birthplace of Nazi party.
Venice and Milan, major Italian
cities. fall to U. S. Fifth army.
30-Russian flag flies over German
Reichstag building. as resistance
weakens.
May
premier Stain of Russia in May day
proclamation halls approaching AL.
lied victory. saying 1.-The collapse of
Hitlerite Germany is a matter of
the immediate future"
"A million German soldiers. sailors
and airmen in Italy and part of
Austria surrender. under uncondi-
tional terms signed April 29 at
Caserta. Italy.
Berlin c~apitulates to Russian armies
under Marshals Zhukov and Konev.
Allied combined forces invade Bor-
neo.
AN German forces in northwest Ger
many, the Netherlands, Denmark.
Helgoland and the Tristan islands
surrender Internationally to British
Field Marshal Montgomery.
Sherman army group G, comprising
400. 900 men. surrenders to U. S.
General Devers. IN the north Rus
SLAMS take Swinemuende. and two
important islands.
gu. s Third army advances into
Czechoslovakia and Austria. taking
Pilsen and Karlsbad.
7-German high command representa-
tives, headed by Col. Gen. Gustav
Jodl, meet Allied officers to arrange
surrender details at Reims. France:
GERMANY FORMALLY RATIFIED
IN BERLIN. ENDING WAR IN
EUROPE AT 11:01 CENTRAL EU-
ROPEAN TIME (6:01 EWT.)
22-U. S. war and navy secretaries re-
lease news on japanese bomb-carry-
ing balloons, stating that they are OF
slight military importance.
2e-Tokyo hit by 1000 tons of incendiary
bombs from 500 superfortresses.
27-Chinese capture Manning.
June
3-U. S. Third feet. under Admiral
Halsey, raids Japan from carriers:
l6-Daylight raid made on Osaka. This
marks the 77th superfortress raid on
22-All resistance on Okinawa ends after
bitter 82-day struggle, during which
90.401 Japs were killed. 1000 cap
tured. American losses were 1880
killed, 80. 1859 wounded.
28-All of island of Luzon. largest Of
Philippines. is liberated.
July
5-ENTIRE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
LIBERATED, AND CAMPAIGN VIR-
TUALLY OVER, GENERAL MAC
ARTHUR ANNOUNCES.
l4-U. S. Third fleet battleships shell
Honshu island bases, only 275 miles
north of Tokyo. This is first direct
naval attack on home islaAs of
Japan.
26-Labor party wins British election.
31-U. S. destroyer force of Third fleet
shells Shimizu. aluminium production
center on Honshu. island, Japan.
u. S. Twentieth air force drops leaf
lets on IL Japanese cities. warning
them that they were marked for de-
struction.
August
2 Berlin conference on Germany's III
N~f3,TIc BOMB USED FOR tIYs
III WAR. LEVELS fouI s,u
= roshi;na. Japan Kills
wv Ehb lN WI
S-RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JA-
PAN and begins offensive operations
in Manchuria.
sHSECOND ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED
ON NAGASAKI. JAPAN. razing one
third of city. Total killed 10, 600.
This bomb was more powerful than
one that blasted Hiroshima.
1OEAPAN OFFERS TO SURRENDER,
provided Emperor Hirohito is left in
power.
Russians advance los miles into Man.
churia.
11-President Truman replies to japanese
/ peace offer that Hirohito will be re.
tanned temporarily.
12-RuSSlan armies continue advance
) reaching 155 miles into Manchuria
14-JAPAN SURRENDERS UNCONDI.
TIONALLY. Emperor Hirohito
agrees to accept terms OF Potsdam
declaration. President Truman an.
nounces capitulation of Japan al
z p. m.
General Macarthur is appointed SUI,
preme commander for the Allied pow
ers. to make all arrangements or
surrender details. and to set up mill