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- 3: The combined Filipino and American soldiers take Manila, the Philippines.
- 3: Battle of Meiktila, Burma comes to an end with General Slim's troops overwhelming the Japanese; the road to Rangoon is now cleared.
- 3: The allies attempted to destroy V-2s and launching equipment near The Hague by a large-scale bombardment, but due to navigational errors the Bezuidenhout quarter was destroyed, killing 511 Dutch civilians.
- 4: Finland declares war on Germany, backdated to September 15, 1944.
- 6: Germans launch an offensive against Soviet forces in Hungary.
- 7: When German troops fail to dynamite the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine, Americans begin crossing the Rhine into Germany.
- 7: Germans begin to evacuate Danzig.
- 9: The US firebombs a number of cities in Japan, including Tokyo, with heavy civilian casualties.
- 9: Amid rumours of a possible American invasion, Japanese overthrow the Vichy French Jean Decoux Government which had been operating independently as the colonial government of Vietnam: they proclaim an "independent" Empire of Vietnam, with Emperor Bảo Đại as nominal ruler. Premier Trần Trọng Kim forms the first Vietnamese government.
- 10: Japanese Fugo Attacks damage the Manhattan Project slightly but cause no lasting effects
- 11: Nagoya, Japan is firebombed by hundreds of B-29's.
- 15: V-2 rockets continue to hit England and Belgium.
- 16: The German offensive in Hungary ends with another Soviet victory.
- 16: Iwo Jima is finally secured after a month's fighting;the battle is the only time that the number of American casualties is larger than the Japanese's. Sporadic fighting will continue as isolated Japanese fighters emerge from caves and tunnels.
- 18: Red Army approaches Danzig (postwar Gdańsk).
- 19: Heavy bombing of important naval bases in Japan, Kobe and Kure.
- 19: Deutsch Schutzen massacre occurs, in which 60 Jews are killed
- 20: German General Gotthard Heinrici replaces Heinrich Himmler as commander of Army Group Vistula, the army group directly opposing the Soviet advance towards Berlin.
- 20: Mandalay liberated by Indian 19th Infantry Division.
- 20: Tokyo is firebombed again.
- 20: Patton's troops capture Mainz, Germany
- 20: Mandalay, in central Burma, is now firmly under British and Indian control.
- 21: British air raid on a Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, in support of the Danish resistance movement takes place.
- 22-23: US and British forces cross the Rhine at Oppenheim.
- 23: By this time it is clear that Germany is under attack from all sides.
- 24: Montgomery's troops cross the Rhine at Wesel.
- 27: The Western Allies slow their advance and allow the Red Army to take Berlin.
- 28: Argentina declares war on Germany, the last Western hemisphere country to do so; its policies for sheltering escaping Nazis are also coming under scrutiny. Argentina had not declared war before due to British wishes that Argentine shipping be neutral (and therefore Argentine foodstuffs would reach Britain unharmed), this, however, went against the plan of the USA, who applied much political pressure on Argentina.
- 29: The Red Army enters Austria. Other Allies take Frankfurt; the Germans are in a general retreat all over the centre of the country.
- 30: Red Army forces capture Danzig.
- 31: General Eisenhower broadcasts a demand for the Germans to surrender.
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of World War II (1945)
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