What Happened in Feb 1945

Agatha Christie publishes Sparkling Cyanide

One year ago on November 2, seven people sat down to dinner at the Luxembourg. One of them, Rosemary Barton, never got up. She was thought to have... Read more

American Forces Arrive in Manila

By February 3, the American forces had begun to converge on Manila from different directions. With help of intelligence supplied by Filipino... Read more

Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, was the wartime meeting from 4 February 1945 to... Read more

37th Infantry Division Moves into Manila

The primarily US forces involved were represented by the 37th Infantry Division and the 1st Cavarly Division, smaller airborne units, forces... Read more

Bob Marley Born

Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and... Read more

Anglo-Canadian Forces Begin Operation Veritable (Battle of the Reichswald)

Operation Veritable was a Second World War pincer movement conducted by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group to clear and occupy the... Read more

American Forces Take Control of Pasig River

The battle for Manila was one of the only urban combat experiences for the US Army in the Pacific. General Robert Beitler, US Army 37th Division... Read more

Japanese Garrison on Provisor Island Falls to 37th Division

Administering a city requires not only looking out for the needs of the individual inhabitants, but also safeguarding city functions such as water... Read more

US Forces Complete Encirclement of Manila

After the American landing at Lingayen Gulf on January 9, 1945, the US Army sped toward Manila. The city became a battlefield from February 4 to... Read more

The British Royal Air Force Bombs The City Of Dresden

It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under... Read more

Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp is Liberated by Soviet Forces

At its peak activity in 1944, the Gross-Rosen complex had up to sixty subcamps located in eastern Germany and occupied Poland. In its final stage,... Read more

U.S. Marines Land on Iwo Jima

The Battle of Iwo Jima (February 19 – March 26, 1945), or Operation Detachment, was a battle in which the United States fought for and captured Iwo... Read more

Allied Forces Cross the Roer River through Operation Grenade

The U. S. Breakthrough Begins with the Crossing of the Roer: The Ninth Army's crossing of the Roer was a short, violent struggle against the... Read more

U.S. Marines Capture Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima

On February 19, 1945, as part of their island-hopping strategy to defeat Japan, the United States invaded Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was originally not a... Read more