World War II Chronology from Bastogne to Tokyo
A sweeping wartime timeline recounts Allied advances from north Bastogne and the Belgian salient through Pacific raids on Luzon and Mindanao to final German capitulation and Japan’s surrender. It notes key battles, city falls, occupation starts, and postwar milestones across 1944–1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Third Army
Bastogne
France
U. S
Tey
Luzon
Negros Islands
Philippines
Belgium
MacArthur
Philippine
Warsaw
Oder River
U. S. First Army
St. Vith
Aachen
Germany
Berlin
Oberhausen
Chaling
Hunan
S—Cologne
Tokyo
Mindanao
London
Holland
Coblenz
U.&. Third Army
Bi—Vu. S
Ludwigshafen
Rhine River
Okinawa
Vienna
Austria
Pelpalgs Atte
Nuremberg
Bremen
Stettin
Baltic
Elbe River
Torgau
Gegenbach
Kurt Dittmar
Magdeuurs
Benito Mussolini
Congo
Italy
Munich
Venice
Milan
U. S. Fifth Army
Reichstag
Stalin
Russia
Caserta
Zhukov
Konev
Borneo
Netherlands
Denmark
Helgoland
Frisian Islands
Montgomery
Devers
Swinemuende
Third Army
Czechoslovakia
Pilsen
Karlsbad
Gustav Jodl
Reims
Europe
U. S. War and Navy
Hong Kong
Nanning
Japan
Emperor Hirohito
Manchuria
President Truman
Hirohito
Potsdam
Truman
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Truk
Rota
Yap
Jaluit
Yamashita
Jonathan Wainwright
Mukden
China
General MacArthur
New Grand Hotel
Yokoama
Congress Reelects Rayburn and Roosevelt Adopts War Aims
A compiled overview notes Sam Rayburn’s re election as speaker of the House and President Roosevelt’s congressional address urging a National Service act, use of 4F in war service, nurse draft, universal military training postwar, and a peacetime tax program. It also covers Roosevelt’s 1946 budget, transportation orders, and various wartime demobilization actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sam Rayburn
House
Rosevelt
Office of Defense Transportation
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward Co
Senate
Truman
Washington
Bermuda
Multiyear Disaster Ledger From 1937 to Many States
A cascade of 31 entries reports deadly weather and accidents across the United States. Notable items include a Meridian Mississippi tornado killing many and injuring hundreds, severe Mississippi River floods affecting five states, a New York Empire State Building bomber crash, and a Lake Chelan drowning incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Antlers
Okla
New Jersey
Berkshire Mountain
Massachusetts
Empire State Building
New York City
Year 1944 economy swallows 16 seven billion Lied in the United States
The department of commerce reports 1944 losses total 16.7 billion dollars in the United States, an 18 percent rise from 1943. The list includes wartime expenditures, consumer goods, and commerce shifts with notable activity noted across entertainment and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Commerce
War Stimson
Bltt Roosevelt
Faye
Hollypeo
Aaa Ae Onereien Trace
Accer
Notable Deaths Parade In 1945 Congressional Era Panel
A condensed roll of prominent figures from U S history listed with deaths in 1945. Names include Senator Francis Maloney of Connecticut, Prohibition leader William Johnson in New York, Charles Bryan in Nebraska, Alfred De Forest in New Hampshire, President Franklin D Roosevelt in Georgia, war correspondent Ernie Pyle near Okinawa, Heber J Grant in Utah, Senator Hiram Johnson in Washington, lyric tenor John McCormack in Dublin, Senator John Thomas in Washington, Jerome Kern in New York, Robert Benchley in New York, Rexangel Patch Jr. in Texas, and Coolidge cabinet members in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred V. de Forest
Marloro
N. H
Franklin D. Roose
Vest
Warm Springs
Ernie Pyle
Ie Island
Okinawa
John Thomas
U. S
Dsho
Washington, D. C
Jerome Kern
New York City
Robert Benchley
Laywright
Rexangler Patch Jr
Seventh Army
San Antonio
Tex
Hewae
Calvin Coolidge
Washingtoy
Western Newapgwer Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
FDR
First U. S. Cavalry
Manila
Boer River
Yalta
Budapest
Bataan
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
U. SS. Third Fleet
Admiral Halsey
Osaka
Philippine Islands
Third Fleet
Honshu
Airec
Jambao
Labor Party
Shimizu
Atiioun
Honehir Island
U. S. Twentiethey Force
Hiroshima
Manchur
Nagasaki
al. Ellis
U. S. Eighth Army
Yokohama
U.S
Tokyo Bay
Army
Navy
Hideki Tojo
Britain
George Patton
Bavaria
Pierre Laval
Vikdum Quisling
Nationalve clvi
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Palestine
Shanhaikwan
Java
Iran
Nuernberg
Teheran
Nashimoto
Tomoyuki Yamashita
The
Levant
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Great Britain
Moscow
Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
William Davis
Fred Vinson
McNarney
Bradley
Spaatz
Kenney
Clark
OPA
Warns Springs
Harry S. Truman
United Nations Conference
San Francisco
War Production Board
Robert H,ckson
U. S. Gomanes Court
Allied War Crimes Tribunal
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic Nationa Committee
Frank Walker
Fephesnip Aky
New
Thomas Clark
Francis Biddle
Lewis, Schwellenbach
Francis Perkins
Clinton Anderson
Claude Wickard
Agriculture
U. S. Supreme Court
Office of Price Administration
James Doolittle
Omar Bradley
Randolph Co
James F. Byrnes
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Petroleum Administration
United Nations
WMC
Commission
Western Union
Attlee
Pearl Harbor
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Montgomery, Ward and Co
Chicago
Karl Hoffman
Robert Storz
Ida Grove
Iowa
Governor Green
Ilinois
Republicanational Committee
Earl Wilson
Sugar Branch
George C. Marshall
Far East
Southern California
Tennessee
Duke
Pera
Miami
Georgia Teaame
Wests
Benet
Southwestern U
National U
Los Angeles
Poate
Statoate
Larry McPhail
Byron Nelson
New Orleans
Jag McSpaden
New York Athletic Club
Ater
Frank Sinkwich
Detroit Lions
Ann Cu
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
Bloomfield
N. J
Hambletonian Stake
Titan Hanover
Harry Pownall
Goshen
N. Y
Michigan State College
Robert Feller
Cleveland Indians
Green Bay Packers
Sarah Cooke
Boston
Pauline Betz
Forest Hills
Frank Parker
Forest Park
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Detroit Tigers
Louisville Colonels
American Association
Newark Bears
Louisville
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Phil Cavarretta
Hal Newhouser
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
Auburn
Meridian
Miss
Ala
Ohio
Michigan
Texas
Lake Chelan
Chelan
Wash
Lumberton
N. C
Fox River Grove
Ill
Poreaierettetae
Ikassenger
Ariety
Theatrical Magazine
Greer Garson
Gallup
Bing Crosby
Ingrid Bergman
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Awards
Gloria Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Leopold Stokowski
Mexico
Variety
Candy
Leland S
Larry) MacPhail
N. Y. Yankees
Jean B. Wanamaker
Baltimore
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
Mansfield
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riverside Church
Axigs
Sally
Turin
Taly
Rita Louise Zucca
Deanna Durbin
Felix Jackson
Las Vegas
Merle Oberon
Lucien Ballard
Camerman
Juarez
Mex
Idaho
Montana
Canada
Virginia tGinny) Simms
Hyatt R. Dehn
Beverly Hills
Calif
Billboard
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Betty Hutton
Theodore Briskin
Shirley Temple
Sgt
John Agar
Lake Forest
Billboard Magazine
U. S. Navy
Honolulu
Glenn Seaborg
U. of California
Wright Field
Dayton
University of Mnols College of Medicine
Judy Hackman
Seattle
Carole Landis
W. Horace Schmidlape
General Earge
Patton Jr
Navy Hospital
Vallejo
Francis T. Maloney
Den
Conn
Meriden
William
Pussyfoot
Johnson
Prohibition
Binghamton, N
Charles W. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Heber J. Grant
Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Hiram W. Johnson
John McCormack
Lyric Ten
Dublin
Eire
Tania Sh
Quisling
Mac
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