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- 1: Ecuador declares war on Germany.
- 2: Naval docks at Singapore are destroyed by B-29 attacks.
- 3: U.S. forces enter Manila by helping with the Allied Philippine Commonwealth troops and recognized guerillas, Japanese forces in the city massacre 100,000 Filipinos civilians and devastates the city. A vicious urban battle ensues, to last for some weeks. Also known as Battle for Liberation of Manila
- 3: Heavy bombing of Berlin.(a)
- 4: Yalta Conference ("Argonaut" of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin begins; the main subject of their discussions is postwar spheres of influence.
- 4: Belgium is now cleared of all German forces.
- 8: Paraguay declares war on Germany.
- 9: The "Colmar Pocket", the last German foothold west of the Rhine, is eliminated.
- 12: Peru declares war on Germany.
- 13: The Battle of Budapest ends with Soviet victory, after a long defence by the Germans.
- 13/14: The controversial bombing of Dresden; it is firebombed by Allied air forces and large parts of the historic city are destroyed. Allies claim it is strategically important.
- 14: Bombing of Prague; later called a mistake on the order of the bombing of Dresden.
- 15: Venezuela declares war on Germany and Japan.
- 16: American naval vessels bombard Tokyo and Yokohama.
- 16: American paratroopers and the Philippine Commonwealth troops land on Corregidor Island, in Manila Bay. Once the scene of the last American resistance in early 1942, it is now the scene of Japanese resistance.
- 19: U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima.
- 21: Vicious fighting in and around Manila was joint by Filipino and American troops.
- 23: U.S. Marines raise the American flag on Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
- 24: Egypt declares war on Axis.
- 24: Massive bombing of Germany by approximately 9,000 bombers.
- 25: US incendiary raids on Japan.
- 25: Turkey declares war on Germany.
- 25: After ten days of fighting, American and Filipino troops recapture Corregidor.
- 26: Syria declares war on Germany and Japan.
- 28: The Sixth United States Army captures Manila, capital of the Philippines by continued the Allied Philippine Commonwealth troops and recognized guerrilla fighters after an unyielding Japanese defence force. A Philippine government is established.
- 28: The combined Filipino and American military forces increase their presence in the Philippines by invading Palawan, a western island in the group.
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of World War II (1945)
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