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 Russian Front
German IV SS Panzer Korps counterattacks toward Budapest
Siege of Budapest, December 1944 - February 1945
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front opens new attacks to split Pest into two pockets
Siege of Budapest, December 1944 - February 1945
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Baltic Sea
U-679 sunk by Soviet sub chaser MO-124
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Northwest Europe
US 1st Army continues attacking on northern flank of German Ardennes salient
Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - February 1945
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
US 3rd Army continues attacking on southern flank of German Ardennes salient
Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - February 1945
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
US 7th Army attacking around Bitche and surrounding region
Operation Nordwind, January 1945
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force mostly grounded by poor weather conditions
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
US 9th Air Force mostly grounded by poor weather conditions, but 15 bombers attack a rail bridge
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Celtic Sea
US vessel Jonas Lie sunk by U-1055
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Italy
US 5th Army orders no further attacks until April
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
US 12th Air Force attacks targets in the Po Valley and elsewhere
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Atlantic Ocean
Free French corvette L'Enjoue sunk by U-870 off GIbraltar
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Marshall Islands
USN destroyer escort Brackett lands native islanders on Jaluit Island for recon mission
Operations in the Marshall Islands
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
East Indies
RAAF aircraft attack Halmahera Island
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack Borneo, Timor Island, and the Molucca Islands
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
Dutch submarine O-19 conducts minelaying operations in the Java Sea
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
IJN sub chaser Ch-5 sunk by Dutch submarine O-19
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
Operation Mike 1: USN Task Force 77 lands US 6th Army along Lingayen Gulf on Luzon Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Operation Mike 1: USN Task Force 78 lands 6th Infantry Division and 43rd Infantry Division of I Corps around San Fabian on Luzon
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Operation Mike 1: USN Task Force 79 lands 37th Infantry Division and 40th Infantry Division of XIV Corps around Lingayen village on Luzon
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Operation Mike 1: USN Task Group 77.2 provides naval gunfire support for US 6th Army at Lingayen Gulf
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Operation Mike 1: Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Group 77.3 provide air support for US 6th Army at Lingayen Gulf
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
XIV Corps of US 6th Army encounters minimal opposition and pushes inland between Calasiao and Port Sual
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
I Corps of US 6th Army encounters heavier opposition and makes limited progress
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
US FEAF aircraft attack targets on Luzon Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
USMC aircraft attack targets on Luzon Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
USN battleship Mississippi damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft at Lingayen Gulf
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Kamikaze forces and operations
USN light cruiser Columbia damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft at Lingayen Gulf
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Kamikaze forces and operations
USN destroyer escort Hodges damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft at Lingayen Gulf
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Kamikaze forces and operations
RAN heavy cruiser Australia damaged again by Japanese kamikaze aircraft at Lingayen Gulf
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Kamikaze forces and operations
USN battleship Colorado damaged by friendly fire at Lingayen Gulf
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
USN transport War Hawk damaged by Japanese demolition craft at Lingayen Gulf
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
USN LST-925 and LST-1028 damaged by Japanese demolition craft at Lingayen Gulf
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Formosa
Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38 attack targets in Formosan waters
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
IJN sub chaser Ch-61 sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Kuroshio Maru sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Kaiho Maru sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel No. 4 Nanshin Maru sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Fukuyama Maru sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel No. 21 Ume Maru sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Hisagawa Maru sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
More than ten other Japanese vessels damaged by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
US 20th Air Force attacks Kirun with 39 B-29 bombers flying from Chengtu
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Ryukyu Islands
Japanese vessel No. 9 Hokoku Maru sunk by US aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Volcano Islands
US 7th Air Force attacks Iwo Jima with 24 B-24 bombers
Operations in the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands, 1944-1945
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japan
US 20th Air Force attacks Tokyo and other targets with 52 B-29 bombers flying from the Marianas
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
Tokyo during the war years
East China Sea
IJN Coast Defense Vessel No. 3 sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
China
US 14th Air Force attacks transportation targets and targets of opportunity in relatively light operations
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Burma
Japanese garrison withdrawing from Shwebo
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
US 10th Air Force attacks Japanese positions, supply dumps, and other targets around Ho-na, Si-U, Man Kat, Tonghsim, Kong-lin, Bawdwin, Mong Tat, and Hsenwi with 100 aircraft
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Japanese aircraft attack Akyab
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Ceylon
Mountbatten proposes disbanding all remaining Long Range Penetration (Chindit) units
Chindit operations
Admiral Louis Mountbatten
Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources,
especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight.Entries on file for this date: 52
Total entries on file: 58,572
Updated: 20:54 Pacific Time on 14 March 2010
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Argyle. Chronology of World War II
Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two
Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945
Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II
Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil
Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes)
Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945
Hague. The Allied Convoy System
Hammel. Air War Europa
Hammel. Air War Pacific
Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time
Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946
Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries
Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II
Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two
Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea
Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War
Sommerville. World War II Day by Day
Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45
Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes)
Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945
Young. Britain's Sea War
Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.
Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
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