World War II Turbulent Timeline 1944 45 Events Summary
Chronological roll of major World War II actions from 1944 to 1945. U S Third Army advances near Bastogne and enters German territory. Allied forces liberate Luzon and advance toward the Rhine. Soviet offensives reach Oder and Berlin approaches. Tokyo and Osaka suffer massive air raids as Japan nears surrender. Japan signs unconditional surrender on Missouri in Tokyo Bay. postwar trials and political shifts unfold across Europe and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastogne
Belgium
France
U. S
Italy
Pacific
Amercan
Liezon
Negros Islands
Philippine
General MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
St. Vith
Aachen
Germany
Berlin
Oberhausen
Chaling
Hunan
Cologne
U.S. First Army
Tokyo
Mindanao
London
Holland
Coblenz
U. S. Third Army
Ludwigshafen
Rhine River
Okinawa
Vienna
Austria
Leleg
Nuremberg
Bremen
Stettin
Baltic
Elbe River
Torgau
Gegenbach
Kurt Dittmar
Magdeburg
Benito Mussolini
Congo
Munich
Venice
Milan
U. S. Fifth Army
Reichstag
Stalin
Russia
Caserta
Bern
Zhukov
Konev
Borneo
Netherlands
Denmark
Belgoland
Frisian
Montgomery
Devers
Swinemuende
Czechoslovakia
Pilsen
Karlsbad
Gustav Jodi
Reims
Europe
U. S. War and Navy
Nanning
U S. Eighth Army
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Navy
Saar
Army
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
United States
Britain
China
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Palestine
Shanh Haikwan
Java
Iran
Nuernberg
Teheran
Roosevelt Era Ends and Truman Takes Reins in 1945 Transitions
In a whirlwind sequence of events, President Roosevelt dies at Warm Springs. Vice President Truman swears in as president and outlines postwar priorities including reconversion, demobilization, and peacetime measures. Congress reconvenes as the nation pivots from war to peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sam Rayburn
House
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Senate
United Nations
Petroleum Administration
U.S
San Francisco
Navy
Churches
Army
Washington
Bermuda
Massive 1930s disasters and notable 1940s figures cross overflow
A timeline of calamities and cultural milestones spans tornados in Meridian and Oklahoma, floods on the Ohio, a B 25 crash into the Empire State Building, hurricanes striking Texas and Miami, and rail collisions near Milton Pennsylvania. It also notes elections, marriages, and awards involving Garson, Bergman, Crosby, Vanderbilt, and Patton among others.
Notable deaths listed in Western Newspaper Union release
A Western Newspaper Union notice lists notable deaths including U S Senator Francis T Maloney of Connecticut 2 William E Pussyfoot Johnson 82 leader of prohibition in Binghamton NY 4 Charles W Bryan former Nebraska governor in Lincoln Alfred V De Forest 55 engineer inventor in New York 1 Ernie Pyle war correspondent killed near Okinawa 14 Heber J Grant 88 Mormon church president in Salt Lake City Sen Hiram W Johnson in DC 16 John McCormack tenor in Dublin 16 John Thomas Idaho senator in Washington 21 Gen m r Alexander ae of Texas commander 55 Dwight Davis 66 secretary of war in DC Released by Western Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Emperor Hirohito
Hirohito
Potsdam
Truman
MacArthur
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Truk
Rota
Yap
Jaluit
Philippines
Yamashitarepares
U. S
Jonathan Wainwright
Mukden
China
Chungking
General MacArthur
New Grand Hotel
Yokoama
Germany
War Production Board
Truman Thomas Clark
Francis Biddle
Lewis Schwellenbach
Frances Perkins
Clinton Anderson
Claude Wickard
Agriculture
Alfred V. de Forest
Sng
Neece N
Ernice Pyle
Ie Island
Okinawa
Heber J. Grant
Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
John Thomas
A. S
Idaho
Washington, D. C
Alexander Ae
An- Tex
Dwight Davis
Calvin Coolidge
Western
Union
Rose Bowl Triumphs Highlight Southern California Victory
Southern California U wins the Rose Bowl 25 0ver Tennessee while Duke edges Alabama 29 26 Miami 26 12 Georgia Tech 12 Shrine game West 13 East 1 Southwestern U 35 National U of Mexico 0 Sammy Snead wins Los Angeles golf with 243 Byron Nelson wins New Orleans Open after playoff with McSpaden New York Yankees sold to syndicate led by Larry McFahl New York Athletic Club retains National AAU track title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California
Tennessee
Duke
Alabama
Miami
Georgia Tech
San Francisco
West
East
Southwestern U
National U. of Mexico
Sammy Snead
Los Angeles
New York Yankees
Larry McFhail
Byron Nelson
New Orleans
Pe McSpaden
New York
Thletie Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
First U. S. Cavalry
Manila
U. S. First Army
Boer River
Guam
Yalta
Budapest
Bataan
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
U. S. Third Fleet
Bassey
Osaka
Philippine Islands
Honshu
BU Gs
Shimizu
Twentieth Air Force
George Patton
Bavaria
Pierre Laval
Vidkun Quisling
Prince Nashimoto
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Tiger of
Levant
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Great Britain
Moscow
Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
William Davis
Fred Vinson
McNarney
Bradley
Krueger
Somervell
Spaatz
Kenney
Clark
Handy
Robert H. Jackson
U. S. Supreme Court
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Ostmaster
Rank Walker
James Doolittle
Omar Bradley
Randolph Co. Mo
James F Byrnes
Agriculture Department
OPA
Newark
Bretton - Woods International
United Nations Chater
Commission
Western Union Telegraph Co
Attlee
Pearl Harbor
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Montgomery, Ward and Co
Admiral Halsey
Fleet
Chicago
Karl Hoffper
Robert Storz
Ida Grove
Owa
Governor Green
Illinois
Republican National Committee
Earl Wilson
Sugar Branch
George Carshall
Far East
James Rafferty
K. of C
Gunder Haegg
Melio Bettina
Jimny Bivins
Joe Baksi
Lou Nova
Ohio State
Ann Arbor
Mich
Frank Sinkwich
Detroit Lions
Ann Curtis
Toronto Maple Leafs
Red Wings
Pisyott
Sen
Albert
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Kenesaw M. Landis
Hoop Jr
Eddie Arcaro
Sammy Byrd
Detroit
Welby van Horn
Tommy Holmes
Boston Braves
Charles Beaudry
Marquette U
Milwaukee
NAAA
Bloomfield
Hambletonian Stake
Titan Hanover
Harry Pownall
Goshen
N Y
Michigan State College
Robert Feller
Cleveland Indians
Green Bay Packers
Chiicago
Sarah Cooke
Boston
Pauline Betz
Forest Hills
Frank Parker
Forest Park
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Louisville Colonels
Newark Bears
Louisville
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Phil Cavarretta
Hal Newhouser
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
Auburn
Meridian
Miss
Ala
Ohio
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Ilinois
Antlers
Okla
Milton
Empire State Building
New York City
Michigan
Texas
Lake Chelan
Chelan
Wash
Department of Commerce
War Stimson
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye
Hollywood
Calif
England
Variety
Greer Garson
Gallup
Booth Tarkington
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Bing Crosby
Ingrid Bergman
Gloria Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Leopold Stokowski
Mexico
Candy
Leland S
Larry) MacPhail
NY Yankees
Jean B. Wanamaker
Baltimore
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
Mansfield
Deanna Durbin
Felix Jackson
Las Vegas
Merle Oberon
Lucien Ballard
Juarez
Ontana
Canada
Virginia
Ginny) Simms
Hyatt R. Dehn
Beverly Hills
Billboard Theatrical Magazine
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Betty Hutton
Theodore’ Briskin
Shirley Comple
John Agar
Lake Forest
Globesters
Billboard Magazine
U. S. Navy
Honolulu
Wright Field
Dayton
University of Timois College of Medicine
Judy Hack
Seattle
Ife
Carole Landis
Quisling
Mac
Francis T. Maloney
Conn
Meriden
Onn
William E. ‘Pussyfoot
Johnson
Prohibition
Binghamton, N
Charles W Bryan
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Hiram _W. Johnson
Washington, DC
John McCormack
Dublin
Erie
Nea
WooDns Remnants
Dept. W
Bedford
Penna
Vitalix, Inc
Canton
Dakota
Vicks
Rig Ey
Re- Hablesch
Wilson
Dr. Caldwell
DR. Caldwell Senna
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
WNU
Harieipuring
Dean
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