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The USAAF launches a series of bombing raids on Iwo Jima softening the island's Japanese defenses in preparation for a U.S. Marine ground assault.

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Allied military leaders announce that they have cleared Belgium of all Axis forces.

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Allied leaders Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta (on the Crimean Peninsula) to plan the final phase of the war.

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The British 26th Indian Division captures Ramree Island, a strategically important Japanese base off the coast of Burma.

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Reich officials remove Nazi Germany's 100-ton national gold reserve from Berlin and stash it in an Eisenach salt mine.
The image shows over 7,000 bags of gold and silver the Nazis stole from citizens in an underground vault 1945

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All German women between the ages of 16 and 60 are called up for service in the Volkssturm, the German people's army.

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Allies firebomb Dresden and kill approximately 30,000 people:
These bombings caused firestorms that destroyed much of the city and killed approximately 30,000 people. Outdoor temperatures reached as high as 2,700 °F, making it impossible for people to escape from their doomed homes.

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A U.S. 37 mm (1.5 in) M3 anti-tank gun fires against Japanese cave positions in the north face of Mount Suribachi.

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Iwo Jima Battle' Landing
Landing of the USMC, And USN landed on the Island of Iwo Jima in an attempt to defeat the Imperial Japanese Army.
The designated operation name was "Operation Detachment".
The Japanese were heavily fortified, with a vast network of bunkers, hidden artillery positions, and 18 km (11 mi) of tunnels.
(877) Letters from Iwo Jima Marines Landing on the Beach First Battle Scene (german and english subtitles) - YouTube
(877) The Pacific - Basilone Death (Extended Version) - YouTube

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United States servicemen raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.

This is an iconic photograph of American patriotism, depicting the heroism of service members raising the flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, which inspired the book and movie “Flags of Our Fathers.”

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'Flags of Our Fathers' Author Now Doubts His Father Was in Iwo Jima Photo (Published 2016)

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James Bradley says he believes his father, John Bradley, was involved in the first raising of the American flag, but not in the more famous second one.