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 | 1945-02-19 | 1945-03-26 | Iwo Jima | Of the more than 18,000 Japanese soldiers charged with the defense of Iwo Jima, the first of the Japanese Home Islands, only 216 survive the battle. This was the only battle in the Pacific where US casualties (KIA+Wounded) outnumbered Japanese casualties. | Read about 'Iwo Jima' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Iwo Jima' |
| 1945-02-17 | Demolition swimmers. | When swimmers from underwater demolition teams arrived, the big guns on the northern cliffs opened fire on covering gunboats, believing it was part of an invasion force. The guns were knocked out immediately. The single failure of fire discipline. | Read about 'Demolition swimmers.' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Demolition swimmers.' | |
| 1945-02-14 | Prague Bombed | About sixty B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th US Air Force dropped about 152 tons of bombs on many populated areas of Prague. The attacks was a result of a navigation error, the intended target was Dresden, 100km to the north. | Read about 'Prague Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Prague Bombed' | |
| 1945-02-13 | 1945-02-15 | Bombing of Dresden | Between 24,000 and 40,000 people are killed when Allied bombers drop more than 3,900 tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs on Dresden, the Baroque capital of Saxony, Germany. | Read about 'Bombing of Dresden' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bombing of Dresden' |
| 1945-02-09 | HMS Venturer sinks U-864 | U-864 is sunk by British submarine HMS Venturer, killing all 73 onboard. It is the only instance in the history of naval warfare where one submarine has intentionally sunk another while both were submerged. | Read about 'HMS Venturer sinks U-864' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'HMS Venturer sinks U-864' | |
| 1945-02-08 | 1945-03-11 | Veritable | The British & Canadian assault on the most heavily fortified section of the Siegfried Line. The operation was complicated when German defenders blew the Ruhr dams, flooding the area downstream and severely limiting offensive operations. | Read about 'Veritable' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Veritable' |
| 1945-02-04 | 1945-02-11 | Yalta Conference | President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the organization of post war Europe. | Read about 'Yalta Conference' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Yalta Conference' |
| 1945-02-03 | Operation Thunderclap | 1,000 B-17's of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin. | Read about 'Operation Thunderclap' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Thunderclap' | |
| 1945-02-03 | 1945-03-03 | Manila | Manila was the scene of the worst urban combat in the Pacific conflict and culminated in the total devastation of the city. The fall of the city ended almost three years of Japanese occupation in the Philippines. | Read about 'Manila' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Manila' |
| 1945-01-30 | Wilhelm Gustloff | Wilhelm Gustloff sunk after being hit by three torpedoes fired by the Soviet submarine S-13. Over 9000 lives were lost when the ship went down in icy Baltic waters, the worst maritime disaster in history. | Read about 'Wilhelm Gustloff' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Wilhelm Gustloff' |
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