The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-01-04
Chronology
IF 1915



January
l-u. 8. Third army attacks north Of
Bastogne against Germans Belgian
In FRANCE .ns o1css as, aSe
American planes raid Luzon and Negros
Islands in h the P HI gaIs, comnre..ed
io-Forc rs~ under nso General T; Macarthur In
wade Luzon. in philippines;
e3-Russian forces reach Oder river.
28-U. S. First army strikes near st.. With,
Belgium. British advance north OF
ee-Russians reach a point 90 miles from
Berlin. American Third army enters
Germany for first time near Oberhausen.
February
s-First U. s. cavalry enters Manila.
t0-U. S. First army gains control OF main
u. S. superfortresses raid Japan from
Guam base. hitting Tokyo district In
i2-Decisons Of Big Three meeting at VAL
ia. Russia, announced.
l3-Bndapest, Hungarian capital. falls to
Ut. s. troops land on Bataan. outside
Manila.
M-American ThunderboIt planes bomb
Berchtesgaden, Germany, Hitlers noun
tain retreat.
March
2LChinese take Chaling, important strong
hold In Human province.
e-Cologne. .Germany's fourth largest city.
i0-Tokyo hit by 1000 tons Of incendiary
bombs in heaviest raid.
i2-American troops invade Mindanao is-
land in Philippines.
le-London area hit by W. bombs launched
from BELGIUM and Holland;
i7-Coblenz. Germany. captured by U. 3.
Resistance ' Of Japanese on Two ends
after long fierce battle.
2l-U s. Third army enters Ludwigshafen.
ae-Seven Allied armies advance east Of the
Rhine river,
April
2-u. s. Tenth army. invades okinawa.
13-vienna, capital Of Austria: sapittul lass
ls-Leipzig. fifth city Of Gefmsny. falls to
!. s. Seventh takes Nuremberg. NAzi
ss-B snIns enciFcled by first two Russian
ss-srem Bremen falls to British Second army.
Russians capture Stettin' important BAL
q. 5. First army meets Russian First
UFrainian army on bridge over Elbe
s7-American tanks push across border to
Austria and capture Gegenbach..
It. Gen. Kurt Dittmar gives self up
ss-False Surrender report denied officially
aa-Senito Mussolini, former italian pre-.
r1ier. Is executed by Italian partisans
q. S. Seventh army enters Munich.
birthplace Of Nazi party.
Venice and Milan, major Italian cities.
so-Russian flag flies over German Reichs.
tag building. as resistance weakens.
May
i-Premier Stain of Russia in May day
proclamation halls approaching Allied
Victory, saying 'sthe collapse Of Hitler.
lie Germany IS matter OF the immedi'
aA million German soldiers, sellers and
airmen. In Italy and part OF AustEla
surrender, under unconditional l, terms
Berlin capitulates to Russian armies
under Marshals Zhukov and Konev.
Allied combined forces invade Borneo.
many, the Netherlands. Denmark. Hell
goland and the Tristan ISLANDS surren;
der Internationally to British Field
Garsna, a MGn'g sroup comprising 4oo
mn men. surrenders to U. s. General
Devers In the north Russians take
Swinemuende. and two important Is
81 Tn S. Third army advances into Czecho..
slovatzia and Austria. taking Ptlsen and
German high command representatives,
headed by Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl. meet
Allied officers to arrange surrender de-
t taaMslssoaM t EriooSA Era SURRENDER OF
GERMANY FORMALLY RATIFIED IN
BERLIN, ENDING WAR IN EUROPE
An ll:ol CENTRAL EUROPEAN
news on Japanese bomb-carrying bal.
looms. stating that they are Of slight
British British forces land at Hong Kong,
26-Tolyo hit by 1000 tons OF fncendiary
bombs from 500 superfortresses.
27-Chinese capture Manning.
June 7
au. S. Third feet. under Admiral Haisey.
raids Japan from carriers ~.
lR-Daylieht raid made on Osaka. This
marks the nth superfortress raid on
sa- sAinPa Resistance on okinawa ends after
S Sa.tsd 5 "a 1a We're Iied 1000 Captured
American losses were 1880 killed. 49,
ae-Au Of island of Luzons largest OF Pnil-
ippines. 10 liberated.
July
s-ENTIRE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS LIB
ERATED, AND CAMPAIGN V1RTU.
ALLY OVER, GENERAL MAC ARTH-
UR ANNOUNCES.
Hi. s. Third feet battleships shell Hon.
shu island bases. only 275 miles north
az Tokyo This Is first direct naval at.
tack on home islands Of Japan.
16-Labor party wins British election.
el-U. s. destroyer force Of Third feet shells
on Honshu island, Japan.
u. S. Twentieth air force drops leaflets
on IL Japanese cities, warning them
that they were marked for destruction
August
a-Berlin conference on cermany's future
s-AToMc BOMB USED FOR FIRST
TIME IN WAR. levels four square
miles Of Hiroshima, Japan, kills $4,000
Japs. NEW ERA IN WARFARE BE
GINS. -,