1944
June 6th - Operation Neptune/Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy. June 27th - US Army captures Cherbourg.
July 3rd - Soviets re-capture Minsk.
July 7th - Japanese defeat on Saipan.
July 9th - Allies capture Caen.
July 20th - German assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
July 21st - US landings on Guam.
July 25th - Beginning of Operation Cobra - Allied breakout from Normandy.
July 28th - Soviets take Brest-Litovsk.
August 4th - Allies liberate Florence.
August 15th - Operation Anvil - Allied landings in South of France.
August 25th - Allies liberate Paris.
August 28th - Liberation of Marseilles/Toulon.
August 30th - Germans abandon Bulgaria.
August 31st - Soviets capture Bucharest.
September 2nd - Pisa liberated.
September 3rd - Antwerp/Brussels liberated.
September 5th - Soviets declare war on Bulgaria.
September 12th - Le Havre liberated.
September 17th - Operation Market Garden - failed airborne assault in Holland. September 22nd - Boulogne liberated.
September 26th - Estonia occupied by Soviets.
September 28th - Liberation of Calais.
October 1st - Soviets enter Yugoslavia.
October 4th - Allies land in Greece.
October 14th - Athens liberated.
October 20th - Liberation of Belgrade.
October 21st - Allies capture Aachen.
October 23rd - Soviets enter East Prussia.
November 4th - Surrender of Axis forces in Greece.
November 24th - French capture Strasbourg.
December 16th - German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins.
December 26th - US troops hold Bastogne - Ardennes offensive stalls.
1945
January 1st - Germans withdraw from Ardennes.
January 16th - German Ardennes "Bulge" eliminated.
January 17th - Soviets capture Warsaw.
January 26th - Japanese retreat to Chinese coast.
January 26th - Soviets liberate Auschwitz.
February 2nd - Trier captured by Allies.
February 4th - Manila falls to Allies.
February 17th - Koblenz falls to Allies.
February 19th - Japanese evacuate Mandalay.
February 19th - US landings on Iwo Jima.
February 20th - Saarbrucken captured by Allies.
February 23rd - Poznan falls to Soviets.
February 20th - Danzig captured by Soviets.
April 1st - US invades Okinawa.
April 10th - Hanover falls to Allies.
April 11th - Soviets and Yugoslavs sign treaty.
April 12th - US President Roosevelt dies - Truman becomes President.
April 13th - Soviets capture Vienna.
April 15th - Allies capture Arnhem.
April 23rd - Soviets enter Berlin.
April 20th - Nuremburg falls to Allies.
April 28th - Mussolini captured by partisans and executed.
April 30th - Hitler commits suicide.
May 2nd - German forces in Italy surrender.
May 4th - German forces in Holland, Denmark and N W Germany surrender.
May 5th - Ceasefire on Western Front.
May 7th - German unconditional surrender.
May 8th - VE Day declared.
May 9th - Soviets occupy Prague.
May 9th - Liberation of Channel Islands.
June 10th - Australians invade Borneo.
June 22nd - US forces capture Okinawa.
August 6th - Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
August 8th - Soviets declare war on Japan.
August 9th - Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
August 14th - Japanese surrender.
August 15th - VJ Day declared.
September 5th - British land in Singapore.
September 7th - Japanese surrender Shanghai.
September 9th - Surrender of remaining Japanese forces in China. September 13th - Japanese surrender in Burma.
September 16th - Japanese surrender in Hong Kong.
June 6th - Operation Neptune/Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy. June 27th - US Army captures Cherbourg.
July 3rd - Soviets re-capture Minsk.
July 7th - Japanese defeat on Saipan.
July 9th - Allies capture Caen.
July 20th - German assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
July 21st - US landings on Guam.
July 25th - Beginning of Operation Cobra - Allied breakout from Normandy.
July 28th - Soviets take Brest-Litovsk.
August 4th - Allies liberate Florence.
August 15th - Operation Anvil - Allied landings in South of France.
August 25th - Allies liberate Paris.
August 28th - Liberation of Marseilles/Toulon.
August 30th - Germans abandon Bulgaria.
August 31st - Soviets capture Bucharest.
September 2nd - Pisa liberated.
September 3rd - Antwerp/Brussels liberated.
September 5th - Soviets declare war on Bulgaria.
September 12th - Le Havre liberated.
September 17th - Operation Market Garden - failed airborne assault in Holland. September 22nd - Boulogne liberated.
September 26th - Estonia occupied by Soviets.
September 28th - Liberation of Calais.
October 1st - Soviets enter Yugoslavia.
October 4th - Allies land in Greece.
October 14th - Athens liberated.
October 20th - Liberation of Belgrade.
October 21st - Allies capture Aachen.
October 23rd - Soviets enter East Prussia.
November 4th - Surrender of Axis forces in Greece.
November 24th - French capture Strasbourg.
December 16th - German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins.
December 26th - US troops hold Bastogne - Ardennes offensive stalls.
1945
January 1st - Germans withdraw from Ardennes.
January 16th - German Ardennes "Bulge" eliminated.
January 17th - Soviets capture Warsaw.
January 26th - Japanese retreat to Chinese coast.
January 26th - Soviets liberate Auschwitz.
February 2nd - Trier captured by Allies.
February 4th - Manila falls to Allies.
February 17th - Koblenz falls to Allies.
February 19th - Japanese evacuate Mandalay.
February 19th - US landings on Iwo Jima.
February 20th - Saarbrucken captured by Allies.
February 23rd - Poznan falls to Soviets.
February 20th - Danzig captured by Soviets.
April 1st - US invades Okinawa.
April 10th - Hanover falls to Allies.
April 11th - Soviets and Yugoslavs sign treaty.
April 12th - US President Roosevelt dies - Truman becomes President.
April 13th - Soviets capture Vienna.
April 15th - Allies capture Arnhem.
April 23rd - Soviets enter Berlin.
April 20th - Nuremburg falls to Allies.
April 28th - Mussolini captured by partisans and executed.
April 30th - Hitler commits suicide.
May 2nd - German forces in Italy surrender.
May 4th - German forces in Holland, Denmark and N W Germany surrender.
May 5th - Ceasefire on Western Front.
May 7th - German unconditional surrender.
May 8th - VE Day declared.
May 9th - Soviets occupy Prague.
May 9th - Liberation of Channel Islands.
June 10th - Australians invade Borneo.
June 22nd - US forces capture Okinawa.
August 6th - Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
August 8th - Soviets declare war on Japan.
August 9th - Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
August 14th - Japanese surrender.
August 15th - VJ Day declared.
September 5th - British land in Singapore.
September 7th - Japanese surrender Shanghai.
September 9th - Surrender of remaining Japanese forces in China. September 13th - Japanese surrender in Burma.
September 16th - Japanese surrender in Hong Kong.
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