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1945 |
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January 28th |
The end of the Battle of the Bulge - from
now the German Army was on the retreat into Germany itself. |
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February 13th |
Start of the bombing
raid on Dresden. |
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February 16th |
Start of the Battle of Iwo
Jima - the US Navy began a 3 day bombardment of Iwo Jima. |
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February 19th |
US Marines landed on Iwo Jima. |
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February 23rd |
US Marines raise the US flag on the summit
of Mount Suribachi. |
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March 7th |
British and American troops crossed the
Rhine. |
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March 16th |
Iwo Jima was declared secure by US forces. |
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March 22nd |
US 3rd Army crossed the River Rhine. |
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March 29th |
Last bomb (a V1)
fell on Britain. |
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April 1st |
America took Okinawa
– the last island held by the Japanese.
The Ruhr was encircled by the Allies. |
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April 12th |
Death of F D
Roosevelt. |
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April 13th |
The Russians captured Vienna. Belsen
handed over to the British who entered the concentration camp on April
15th. |
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April 18th |
All resistance in the Ruhr is ended and
370,000 German prisoners were taken. |
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April 22nd |
Hitler decided to stay in Berlin 'until the
end'. |
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April 25th |
American and British troops met at
Torgau, Germany. |
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April 30th |
Hitler
committed suicide. |
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May 2nd |
Berlin surrendered to the Russian Army. |
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May 4th |
The German VII Army surrendered. |
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May 7th |
Germany surrendered unconditionally. |
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May 8th |
Victory in Europe (VE) Day. |
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May 11th |
German forces in Czechoslovakia
surrendered. |
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June 22nd |
Japanese resistance on Okinawa
ended. |
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July 12th |
General Election in Britain. Atlee
replaced Churchill as Prime Minister. |
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August 6th |
First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
by the 'Enola Gay'. |
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August 9th |
Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
by 'Bockscar. |
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September 2nd |
Japan surrendered. Victory in Japan (VJ)
Day celebrated. |
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November 20th |
Start of the Nuremberg
War Crimes Trials. |
