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January
IL. s. Third army attacks north of
Bastogne against Germans Belgian
u, S. Seventh. American forces made
a small gain in Italy. In the Pacific
American planes raid Luzon and Negros
islands in the Philippines
s-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.
2S-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
3-First U. S. cavalry enters Manila.
6-Manila falls to u S. forces
10-U. S. First army gains control of main
Roer river dam.
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
Russians.
17-U, S. troops land on Bataan. outside
Manila.
21-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.
10-Tokyo hit by 1000 tons of incendiary
bombs in heaviest raid.
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land in Philippines.
16-London area hit by W. bombs launched
from Belgium and Holland.
17-Coblenz, Germany, captured by U. S.
Third army.
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 Olxnawa.
13-Vienna, capital of Austria, capitulates
to Ukrainian armies of Russian forces.
19-Leipzig. fifth city of Germany. falls to
u S. seventh takes Nuremberg, Nazi
25-Beriin encircled by first two Russian
26-Bremen falls to British Second army.
Russians capture Stettin, important Bal
i. 5. First army meets Russian First
Ukrainian army on bridge over Elbe
river near Torgau.
27-American 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 officially
29-Benito Mussolini, former Italian pre-
mier. is executed by Italian parusans
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.
SO-Russian flag flies over German Reichs-
tag building, as resistance weakens.
MAY
premier Stain of Russia in May day
proclamation halls approaching Allied
victory saving 'the collapse of Hitler
tie Germany is a matter of the immedi-
"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.
All German forces in northwest Ger
many, the Netherlands, Denmark, Hell
goIand and the Tristan islands surren.
der Internationally to British Field
Marshal Montgomery.
Sherman army group G, comprising 400,
coo men. surrenders to y. S. General
Devers In the north Russians take
Swinemuende, and two important is
s-U. S. Third army advances into Czecho:
slovakia and Austria, taking Pilsen and
Karlsbad.
headed by Col Gen. Gustav Jodi meet
Allied officers to arrange surrender de-
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GERMANY FORMALLY RATIFIED IN
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gu. S. war and navy secretaries release
news on japanese bomb-carrying bal
looms, stating that they are OF slight
British forces land at Hong Kong.
26-To1yo hit by 1000 tons Of incendlary
bombs from 500 superfortresses
27-Chinese capture Manning,
June
Ri s. Third fleet, under Admiral Halsey,
raids Japan from carriers:
16-Daylight raid made on Osaka. This
marks the nth superfortress raid on
S2-AI resistance on Okinawa ends after
bitter 81 day struggle, during which
80 ,401 Japs were killed. 400O captured.
American losses were 1880 killed. 3d.
2s-Af Of island of Luzon, largest of Phil
ippines. is liberated.
July
CENTRE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS LIB
GRATED, AND CAMPAIGN VIRTU-
ALLY OVER. GENERAL MAC ARTH-
UR ANNOUNCES,
14-U. S. Third fleet battleships shell Hon
shu island bases, only 275 miles north
of Tokyo This is first direct naval at
tack on home islands of Japan.
26-Labor party wins British election.
gu. s. destroyer force of Third fleet shells
Shirnizu aluminium production center
on Honshu island. Japan.
u S. Twentieth air force drops Leaflets
on u Japanese cities, warning them
that they were marked for destruction.
August
Berlin conference on Germany's future
sAToMIc BOMB USED FOR FIRST
TIME IN WAR. levels four square
miles CT Hiroshima, Japan, kills so 900
Japs NEW ERA IN WARFARE Be
4RussIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN