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 | 1945-02-21 | Bismark Sea Sunk | Two Japanese kamikazes hit the Bismarck Sea, first on the starboard side under the first 40 mm gun (aft) and then the aft elevator shaft. The sea water distribution system was destroyed along with any hope of damage control. The crew abandoned ship. | Read about 'Bismark Sea Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bismark Sea Sunk' | |
| 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.' | |
| 1945-02-03 | 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 | Raid at Cabanatuan | US Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas raid and liberate 512 POWs from the Japanese camp near Cabanatuan. | Read about 'Raid at Cabanatuan' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Raid at Cabanatuan' | |
| 1945-01-28 | Burma Road Open | Supply trucks begin to reach China over the newly re-opened Burma road. | Read about 'Burma Road Open' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Burma Road Open' | |
| 1945-01-09 | 1945-08-15 | Battle of Luzon | The Allies had taken control of all strategically and economically important locations of Luzon by March, although pockets of Japanese resistance held out in the mountains until the unconditional surrender of Japan. | Read about 'Battle of Luzon' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Luzon' |
| 1944-12-18 | Hankow Bombing | 77 B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base. | Read about 'Hankow Bombing' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hankow Bombing' | |
 | 1944-11-19 | Sinking of IJN Shinano | Sinking of the IJN Shinano by the Submarine USS ArcherFish | Read about 'Sinking of IJN Shinano' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sinking of IJN Shinano' | |
| 1944-11-19 | Sixth War Loan Drive | U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort. | Read about 'Sixth War Loan Drive' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sixth War Loan Drive' |
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