The Berlin Declaration is signed by Germany, placing them under the authority of the four occupying nations and officially dismantling the Nazi regime. The battle on Okinawa ends after 82 days of combat with U.S. forces defeating the Japanese along the Shuri line of...
Germany finally surrendered in May, bringing the European war to an end as much of the world celebrated Victory in Europe Day. Combat operations on Okinawa turned into a slugfest with Japanese forces who fought to the death in trying to hold the island. (View a PDF of...
Allied forces in the West and the East pinched in on Berlin in April. The city of Nuremberg, Germany was destroyed in the fighting. In the Pacific theater, the battle of Okinawa commenced while newspaper correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed on Ie Shima. (View a PDF of...
During the month of March, Allied forces crossed the Rhine River in Western Europe and continued their advance toward Berlin. In the Pacific theater, the city of Tokyo, Japan was firebombed and produced massive destruction while combat operations on the Philippine...
February 1945 brought heavy bombing to the city of Dresden, Germany and the haunting experience of future author Kurt Vonnegut, a POW who survived the bombing in Dresden and later wrote of it in his novel, Slaughterhouse Five. In the Pacific theater, there was more...
January 1945 saw a new battle at the Colmar Pocket in eastern France where future Hollywood star Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in World War II, earned a Medal of Honor. In the Pacific theater, U.S. forces landed on Luzon and began the long and hard advance...
