Page 5: Historical Events In 1945

Feb 19   900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days.   

Feb 19   A U.S. invasion force of 30000 marines land at Iwo Jima, starting a month-long WWII battle against Japanese troops   

Feb 19   Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26   

Feb 21   Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties.   

Feb 21   British Army captures Goch   

Feb 21   Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43   

Feb 21   US 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line.   

Feb 22   Arab League forms (Cairo).   

Feb 22   Arab League froms (Cairo).   

Feb 22   British troops take Ramree Island, Burma.   

Feb 22   Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland.   

Feb 23   2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London.   

Feb 23   2nd Dutch govt of Gerbrandy forms in London   

Feb 23   Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62   

Feb 23   Canadian troops occupy Kalkar   

Feb 23   Operation Grenade General Simpson's 9th Army crosses Ruhr   

Feb 23   US Marines raise the American flag after taking Mount Suribachi on the island Iwo Jima, during WWII   

Feb 24   Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament   

Feb 24   Egypt and Syria declares war on Nazi-Germany.   

Feb 24   U.S. troops liberate Manila from the Japanese during WWII   

Feb 25   Sgt. Aubrey Cosens (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada) awarded the Victoria Cross at the Goch-Calear Road, Germany.   

Feb 25   US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo.   

Feb 26   Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force.   

Feb 27   Battle of US 94 Infantry.   

Feb 27   HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen   

Feb 27   U.S. troops land on Iwo Jima.   

Mar 01   British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten   

Mar 01   Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi.   

Mar 01   FDR announces success of Yalta Conference   

Mar 01   Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander   

Mar 01   Hitler orders the destruction of all Germany; it is unworthy of surviving him. His order mandates the destruction not only of military installations, but also of all stores, industries, and transportation and communication installations. Nothing is to fall into enemy hands   

Mar 01   In this year, Major Frederick A. Tilston Cdn.(The Essex Scottish Regimetn) claims the Victoria Cross at Hochwald, Germany   

Mar 02   8th Air Force bombs Dresden   

Mar 02   King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government.   

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Jan 03   Stephen stills: Dallas tx, songwriter/guitarist (cosby stills & nash)   

Jan 03   Victoria principal: Fukuoka japan, actress (earthquake, pamela-dallas)   

Jan 04   Jay dee maness: Loma linda ca, singer (desert rose band-love reunited)   

Jan 04   Vesa-matti loiri: Finnish entertainer   

Jan 04   Richard r. schrock: American chemist, nobel laureate   

Jan 05   Sam wyche: Nfl coach (cincinnati bengals)   

Jan 05   Chuck mckinley: U.s. tennis player   

Jan 05   Roger spottiswoode: Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   Vit nejedly: Composer,   

Jan 02   Betram home ramsay: Engl adm/cmdr naval forces (normandy),   

Jan 03   Fyodor akimenko: Composer,   

Jan 06   Vladimir vernadsky: Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)   

Jan 08   Jac[obus] p thijsse: Dutch biologist (omgang met planten),    

Jan 09   Jüri uluots: Estonian prime minister (b. 1890)   

Jan 10   Rudolf borchardt: Writer,   

Jan 14   Sandor vandor: Composer,