1945 Timeline
Jan 9 - The marines land in Luzon, Philippines
Jan 23 - The Russians reach Germany itself at the Oder river
Jan 27 - The Russians liberate the Auschwitz death camp
Jan 28 - The Ardennes campaign ends
Feb 13 - The Russians occupy Budapest, Hungary. Dresden bombed.
Feb 19 - The marines land in Iwoa Jima
Mar 4 - Manila is liberated
Mar 6 - The allies occupy Cologne, Germany
Mar 7 - US forces cross the Rhine on the Remagen bridge
Mar 16 - The battle of Iwo Jima ends
Mar 27 - V-2 missile attacks end
Apr 1 - German forces encircled in the Ruhr by the Americans
Apr 6 - The marines land in Okinawa. Japan orders all its forces to use kamikaze suicide tactic
Apr 7 - The super battleship Yamato is sunk on its way to a kamikaze fight in Okinawa
Apr 10 - The allies occupy Hannover
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