List of Events from September 1944 to September 1945

Events described in this volume are shown in bold.

1944	17 Sept	First Allied Airborne Army lands in Holland
	5 Oct	British forces land on mainland of Greece
	6 Oct	Headquarters 3rd Division opens at Torokina
	10 Oct	American Third Fleet attacks Okinawa
	11 Oct	American Third Fleet attacks Luzon in the Philippines
	20 Oct	American forces invade Leyte
	23–26 Oct	Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf
	4 Nov	Troops of 6th Brigade land at Jacquinot Bay
	8 Nov	Headquarters 6th Division opens at Aitape
	13 Nov	Relief of Americans in Cape Hoskins area of New Britain completed by troops of 5th Division
	24 Nov	Superfortresses attack Japan from bases in the Marianas
	16 Dec	Germans open counter-offensive in Ardennes
1945	3 Jan	Allies occupy Akyab in Burma
	9 Jan	American forces land on Luzon
	22 Jan	Burma Road re-opened
	4 Feb	Mr Churchill, President Roosevelt and Marshal Stalin meet at Yalta Conference
	19 Feb	American forces land on Iwo Jima
	10 Mar	American forces land on Mindanao
	28 Mar–5 Apr	Japanese attacks on Slater’s Knoll
	1 Apr	Americans land on Okinawa
	12 Apr	Death of President Roosevelt
	28 Apr	Mussolini shot by partisans in Italy
	30 Apr	Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
	1 May	Troops of 26th Brigade land on Tarakan Island
	3 May	Rangoon captured
	7 May	Germany surrenders unconditionally
	8 May	VE-Day
	11 May	Wewak captured by 6th Division
	10 June	Troops of 9th Division land at Brunei Bay
	26 June	United Nations Charter signed at San Francisco
	1 July	Troops of 7th Division land at Balikpapan
	5 July	Death of Mr John Curtin
	17 July	Potsdam Conference
	6 Aug	First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
	9 Aug	Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
	15 Aug	VJ-Day. All offensive action against Japan comes to an end
	2 Sept	Japanese envoys sign the Allied instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.