The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-01-03

2-U. s, Tenth army invades okinawa.

April
2-U s. Tenth army invades Okinawa.
i3-Vienna, capital of Austria, Capitulates
to Ukrainian armies of Russian forces.
9-Leipzig. fifth city of Germany, falls to
U. S. Seventh takes Nuremberg, Nazi
shrine" city
,5-Beriin encircIed by first two Russian
armies.
6-Bremen falls to British Second army.
Russians capture Stettin. Important Bal.
U, s, First army meets Russian First
Ukranian army on bridge over Elbe
river near ToTgau
7-American tanks push across border to
Austria and capture GegenbaCh.
1t Gen Kurt Dttmar gives self up
at Magdeburg. admitting war is over.
8-False surrender report denied officially
by President.
9-Bento MussoIini former Italian pre-.
mier, is executed by Italian partSans
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.
O-Russian flag flies over German Reichs-
tag building. as resistance weakens.
Nay
l-Premier Stain of Russia In May day
proclamation halls approaching Allied
victory saying the collapse of Hitler
ite Germany is matter of the immedi'
ate future"
IA million German soldiers, sailors and
airmen in Italy and part of Austria
surrender. under unconditional terms
signed April 20 at Caserta. Italy.
Berlin capitulates to Russian armies
under Marshals Zhukov and ,Konev.
Allied combined forces invade Borneo.
All German forces in northwest Ger
many, the Netherlands. Denmark, Hell
gOland and. the Tristan Islands surren-
der Internationally to British Field
Marshal Montgomery.
5-German army group C, comprising 400.
900 men. surrenders to u S. General
Devers In the north Russians take
Swinemuende. and two important is
lands.
o-U S Third army advances into Czecho.
sovakia and Austria, taking Pilsen and
7-German high command representatives.
headed by Col. Gen. Gustav JOdl, meet
Allied officers to arrange surrender de-
tails at Reims, France.
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF
GERMANY FORMALLY RATIFIED IN
BERLIN. ENDING WAR IN EUROPE
At ll;Ol CENTRAL EUROPEAN
III s. war and navy secretaries release
news on Japanese bomb-carrying bal.
looms, stating that they are OF slight
military importance
British forces land at Hong Kong.
6-Tokyo hit by 1000 tons of incendiary
bombs from 500 superfortresses.
H-Chinese capture Manning.
une
3-U. S. Third fleet, under Admiral Halsey.
raids Japan from carriers.
6-Daylght raid made on Osaka. This
marks the nth superfortre9s raid on
All resistance on Okinawa ends after
bitter 80 day struggle, curing which
80 4O1 Japs were killed, 1000 captured.
American losses were II. l.260 killed. 49,.
769 wounded
8-Al of island of LuZon. largest OF Phil.
ippines, Is liberated.
July
s-ENTIRE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS LIB.
GRATED, AND CANiPAi - VIRTU-
ALLY OVER, GENERAL MAC ARTH-
UR ANNOUNCES.
Al S. Third feet batteshPs shell Hon
shu island bases, coiy ?'S rues north
of Tokyo This is a. 1t Dir -. naval at
tack on home tsl.nds OF Jspan.
26-LabOr party wins British election.
3l-U s destroyer force OF Third aeet shells
Shimizu. aluminium production center
on HonShu island, Jap l.
u s Twentieth air &c -ce drops leaflets
on II japanese cities. Warning them
that they were marked for destruction.
August
2 Berlin conference on Germany's future
6-ATOMIC BOMB USED FOR FIRST
TINE In WAR, levels four square
miles Ct hiroshima, japan, rIls so 00C
Japs NEW ERA ~ WARFARE BE
s-RUSsIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN
and begins offensive operations in Man
s-SECOND ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED
ON NAGASAKI, JAPAN. razIng one
third of city. Total killed 10 600. This
bomb was more powerful than one tha
Ni7sted Hiroshima.