Nogales international., 1946-01-04
Chronology
Of 1915
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January

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January
1-U. S. Third army attacks north of
Bastogne against Germans Belgium
salient. In France the Germans at
tack u. S. Seventh. American forces
made a small gain in Italy. In the
Pacific American planes raid IN
zon and Negros islands in the Phil
9-German bulge in Belgium COM
pressed by new Allied gains
10-Forces under General Macarthur
invade 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 Aachen. Germany.
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
1O-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
Yafta, Russia. announced.
13-Budapest, Hungarian capital. falls
to Russians.
side Manila.
21-American Thunderbolt planes bemb
Berchtesgaden. Germany, Hitler's
mountain retreat.
March
stronghold 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
island 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 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-
1ates to Ukrainian armies of Russian
forces.
to u. S. First army.
u. S. Seventh army takes Nurem-
berg. Nazi Shrine" city.
25-Berlin encircled by first two Russian
26-Bremen falls to British Second army.
Russians capture Stettin. important
U. S. First army meets Russian
First Ukrainian army on bridge over
Elbe river near TorgaU.
T-American tanks push across border
to Austria and capture Gegenbach.
1t. Gen. Kurt Dittnar gives self up
at Magdeburg. admitting war is
28-False surrender report denied Off
cially by President
:29-Benito Mussolini, former italian pre-
mier, is executed by Italian parti-
sans 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
Nav
1-Premier Stain of Russia in May day
proclamation halls approaching Al
lied victory. saying "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 ~ al
Caserta, Italy.
Berlin capitulates to Russian armies
under Marshals Zhukov and Konev
Allied combined forces invade Bor
neo.
ALL German forces in northwest Ger
many, the Netherlands, Denmark
Helgoland and the Frisian islands
surrender Internationally to British
Field Marshal Montgomery.
6NGerman army group G, comprising
100000 men, SurrenderS to U: )
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.
9-German high command representa-
Jodl. meet Allied officers to arrange
surrender details at Reims. FRANCE
G-UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF
GERMANY FORMALLY RATIFIED
IN BERLIN; ENDING WAR II II
ROPEAN TIME (6:01 EWT.)
gu. S. war and navy secretaries re
lease news on Japanese bomb-carry
ing balloons, stating that they are o
slight military Importance.
26-Tokyo hit by 1000 tons of incendiarJ
bombs from 500 superfortresses.
T-Chinese capture Manning.
June
3-U. s. Third feet. under Admira
Hafsey, raids Japan from carriers
16-Daylight raid made on Osaka. Thi
marks the 77th superfortress raid OF
Japan.
22-AH resistance on OkinaWa ends afte
bitter 82-day struggle, during which
0,4Ol Japs were killed, 1000 cap
fured. American losses were IL .26
killed, 33,769 wounded.
23-Au of island of Luzon, largest o
Philippines. is liberated,
July
S-ENTIRE PHILIPPINE ISLAND.
LIBERATED, AND CAMPAIGN VIR
TUALLY OVER, GENERAL MAC
ARTHUR ANNOUNCES.
1@U. S. Third feet battleships shel
Honshu island bases, only 275 mile
north of Tokyo. This is first direc
naval attack on home islands O
Japan.
26-Labor party wins British election.
31-U. S. destroyer force of Third flee
shells ShimiZu. aluminium production
center on Honshu island, Japan.
u. s. Twentieth air force drops Leaf
lets on II Japanese cities. Warnin
them that they were marked for dc
struction.
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