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 Russian Front
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front reaches outskirts of Gotenhafen (Gdynia)
Soviet advance to the Oder, January - April 1945
German Army Group South attacks making minimal progress around Lake Balaton
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Baltic Sea
German vessel Gerrit Fritzen sunk by Soviet aircraft during evacuation operations
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945
Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-3137 sunk by Soviet aircraft during evacuation operations
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945
Kriegsmarine sub chaser UJ-303 sunk by Soviet aircraft during evacuation operations
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945
Kriegsmarine sub chaser UJ-305 sinks in heavy weather
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Norway
German vessel Paris sunk by RN MTBs off Haugesund
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Germany
Disobeying Hitler, Himmler orders concentration camps must be razed and prisoners murdered if Allied forces approach
Germany: The Holocaust
Heinrich Himmler
Two V-2 rocket launches against Antwerp
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
US 8th Air Force attacks rail yards with 653 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force attacks Swinemunde with 661 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
Kriegsmarine sub chaser V-2003 sunk by US 8th Air Force aircraft at Swinemunde
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Kriegsmarine minesweepers R-243, R-272, R-273, R-274, R-275, and R-276 sunk by US 8th Air Force aircraft at Swinemunde
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
German vessel Cordillera and four other vessels sunk by US 8th Air Force aircraft at Swinemunde
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
US 15th Air Force attacks Vienna, Graz, Weiner-Neustadt, Zeltweg, and Knittelfeld with 790 bombers and 98 fighters
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 1108 aircraft, of which two lost, to attack Dortumund during the day in its largest attack of the war
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 81 aircraft to attack Berlin overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Strategic bombing of Berlin
Netherlands
Eighteen V-2 rocket launches against England
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Three V-2 rocket launches against Antwerp
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Northwest Europe
US 1st Army expanding bridgehead across the Rhine, repulses counterattacks, and captures Hargarten
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
US 3rd Army mopping up west of the Rhine and preparing to assault across the Moselle River
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
US 7th Army regrouping for new attacks
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force aircraft support ground operations, escort bombers, attack transportation targets
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force conducts Ramrod operation
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
US 9th Air Force aircraft fly armed recon, escort, ground support, and tactical bombing missions
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
North Sea
RAF Bomber Command sends 19 aircraft to conduct minelaying operations overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
English Channel
U-683 sunk by mine, possibly on this date
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United Kingdom
Convoy ONS 44 departs Liverpool for Halifax
Atlantic convoys
Croatia
US 12th Air Force aircraft attack Zagreb
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Italy
US 12th Air Force aircraft attack transportation lines, supply depots, and other targets throughout northern Italy
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
East Indies
US 20th Air Force attacks several targets with 44 B-29 bombers
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
On Luzon, US 6th Army attacking Shimbu Line, enters Antipolo, and attacking around Mainaga
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
US 8th Army attacking around San Roque on Mindanao Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Detachment of US 8th Army lands on Simara Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Detachment of US 8th Army captures Romblon town on Romblon Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
US FEAF aircraft attack various targets and support US 6th Army operations on Luzon
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Formosa
US FEAF aircraft attack multiple targets
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Ryukyu Islands
IJN guardboat No. 1 Hinode Maru sunk by US aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
IJN guardboat Shosei Maru sunk by US aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Volcano Islands
US V Amphibious Corps making steady progress against Japanese pockets on Iwo Jima
Landings on Iwo Jima, February 1945
Operations in the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands, 1944-1945
Bonin Islands
US 7th Air Force aircraft attack Chichi Jima and Haha Jima
Air operations over Chichi Jima
Operations in the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands, 1944-1945
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
French Indochina
Japan establishes National Federation of Tonkin government in Hanoi
Japan: Occupied territories
Indo-China and Thailand operations, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Indo-China: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Burma
British 14th Army attacking Japanese 15th Army in Mandalay
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
US 10th Air Force attacks bridge at Hay-ti with 12 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force conducts sweeps and attacks transportation targets with 66 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force attacks Japanese positions, supply depots, and other targets with 13 bombers and 35 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
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: 46
Total entries on file: 58,572
Updated: 10:06 Pacific Time on 12 March 2010
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Alden. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II
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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