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 | 1945-03-08 | 1945-03-15 | Meatgrinder | Following a series of disastrous assaults, General Erskine orders the 9th Marine Regiment to attack at night, without preliminary artillery bombardment. The tactics are more effective and eventually the mutually supporting positions are overwhelmed. | Read about 'Meatgrinder' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Meatgrinder' |
| 1945-03-07 | The Bridge at Remagen | Troops of the U.S. Army's 9th Armored Division capture the Ludendorff bridge, allowing them to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine. | Read about 'The Bridge at Remagen' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Bridge at Remagen' | |
| 1945-03-04 | Dinah Might Lands | The first of thousands of B-29s to follow, the 'Dinah Might', low on fuel and damaged, makes an emergency landing on airstrip number 1 on Iwo Jima, 21 days before the island is entirely in allied hands. | Read about 'Dinah Might Lands' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Dinah Might Lands' | |
| 1945-02-23 | Iwo Jima Flag Raising | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. | Read about 'Iwo Jima Flag Raising' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Iwo Jima Flag Raising' | |
| 1945-02-23 | Los Banos | US 11th Airborne troops and Filipino guerrillas free prisoners at the Los Banos internment camp. | Read about 'Los Banos' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Los Banos' | |
| 1945-02-23 | Poznan Liberatted | The German garrison at Poznan capitulates and the city is captured by Soviet and Polish forces. | Read about 'Poznan Liberatted' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Poznan Liberatted' | |
| 1945-02-23 | Pforzheim destoryed | Pforzheim is completely destroyed by a raid of 379 British bombers. | Read about 'Pforzheim destoryed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Pforzheim destoryed' | |
| 1945-02-23 | Verona Bombed | The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is bombed by Allied forces. | Read about 'Verona Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Verona Bombed' | |
| 1945-02-23 | Turkey declares war | In a largely ceremonial gesture, Turkey declares war on Germany. | Read about 'Turkey declares war' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Turkey declares war' | |
| 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' |
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