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| Ardennes Simpson, William Hood |  |
| Ardennes Leads the American attack on the Ardennes , serves under Montgomery |
| Battle of Aachen Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| 11th Oct Aachen The USA 1st Army enters the outskirts of Aachen |
| 21st Oct Aachen Hodges' 1st Army captures Aachen, the 1st breach of the Siegfried Line |
| Battle of Aachen Simpson, William H | |
| 3rd Oct Luneville Joins up with Hodges ' 1st Army |
| Battle of Anzio Lucas, John | |
22nd Jan Anzio Lands behind the German  lines at Anzio, code named Operation Shingle |
| Battle of Bastogne McAuliffe, Anthony | |
| 18th Dec Bastogne Holds Bastogne when it is besieged by the Germans |
| 25th Dec Bastogne The defences are breached but the Germans are later repulsed the following day |
| Battle of Bulge, The Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 19th Dec Ardennes The Allies are take by surprise, Eisenhower commits the 82nd & 101st Airborne Divs |
| Battle of Bulge, The McAuliffe, Anthony | |
| 18th Dec Bastogne Commands USA 101 Airborne Div & Combat Command B USA 10th Armoured Division at Bastogne |
| 19th Dec Ardennes Arrives with the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne to check the 5th Panzer Army |
| 25th Dec Ardennes The Germans breach the defences of Bastogne |
| 26th Dec Ardennes The USA 4th Armored Division turns the Germans back at Bastogne |
| Battle of Bulge, The Patton, George Smith | |
16th Dec Ardennes 16 Dec-28 Jan, leads the third army across France  & into Germany |
| 19th Dec Ardennes Halts the 3rd Army's advance into the Saar |
| 19th Dec Ardennes Turns 90 degrees north to attack the German southern flank |
| 22nd Dec Ardennes Launches an attack on Bastogne |
| 26th Dec Ardennes The 3rd Army break through Manteufell's troops & reach Baston |
| Battle of Bulge, The Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 19th Dec Ardennes Sent as a reinforcement to bolster the northern flank |
| Battle of Schmidt Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 7th Nov Schmidt The USA 28th Div of V Corps is repulsed at Schmidt |
| Beaver Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 31st Mar Slaptonds USA D-Day beach landing training exercise (Operation Beaver) at Slapton Sands , Devon, demonstrate a dangerous lack of coordination between units |
| Birth Densmore, John | |
| 1st Dec Los Angeles Birth of John Densmore |
| Birth Frazier, Joseph William | |
| 12th Jan Beaufort Birth of Joseph William Frazier |
| Birth Visconti, Anthony | |
| 24th April Birth of Anthony Visconti |
| Bombing of Bangkok Arnold, Henry H | |
| 5th June Bangkok Railway yards are bombed in Bangkok |
| Bombing of Normandy Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Normandy Carries out a plan to bomb the French railway system, despite Churchill's opposition |
| Bombing of Tokyo LeMay, Curtis | |
| 9th Mar Tokyo Nearly 17 sqr miles of Tokyo are raised to the ground |
| 25th Mar Tokyo Nearly 19 sqr miles of Tokyo are raised to the ground |
| Bombing of Tokyo O'Donnell, Emmett | |
| 24th Nov Tokyo Leads the 73rd Wing against the Musashimo engine plant at Tokyo |
| Bombing of Yawata Arnold, Henry H | |
15th June Yawata The 1st B-29 raid on the Japan  ese mainland |
| Burma Road Stilwell, Joseph Warren | |
Re-opens the Burma Road into China  |
| Capture Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| 11th June Carentan Carentan is captured, uniting all the American forces |
| 18th June Barneville The Americanscapture Barneville |
| 18th June Barneville The Cotentin Peninsular is sealed isolating 4 German Divisions & the port of Cherbourg |
| 18th June St Lo An attack of St Lo is launched but is slowed down by the Normandy countryside, bocage |
| 21st June Cherbourg The USA forces arrive at the hills overlooking Cherbourg |
| 26th June Cherbourg The USA Army captures the Fort du Roule, the key to the defences of Cherbourg |
| 27th June Cherbourg Cherbourg falls to the Allies |
| 1st July La Haye Captures La-Haye-du-Puits |
| 25th July St Lo The USA advances across St Lo to Periers Road |
| 30th July Avranches Avranches is captured by Patton |
| 13th Dec Schmidt Dam Launches an offensive for the Schmidt Dam to stop the Germans flooding the Roer Valley |
| Capture Dunn, Edward | |
| 6th June St Marcouf Captures the Islands of St-Marcouf off Utah beach |
| Capture Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 21st Oct Aachen The USA 1st & 30th divisions of infantrycapture Aachen |
| 24th Nov Strasbourg The Alliescapture Strasbourg |
| Capture Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| Liege Captures Liege & liberates it from the Germans |
| Sep Siegfred Line Breaches the Siegfred Line |
| Capture Patton, George Smith | |
| Morlaix Captures Morlaix |
| Nantes Captures Nantes |
| Quimper Captures Quimper |
| St Brieuc Captures St Brieuc |
| 28th July Countance Captures Coutance |
| 31st July Avranches Arrives at Avranches |
| 31st July Granville Captures Granville |
| 1st Aug Avranches Patton captures Avranches |
| 4th Aug Rennes Patton captures Rennes |
| 21st Aug Mantes Mantes is captured & the Seine crossed, Patton hopes to head directly for Germany |
| 13th Dec Metz Captures Metz |
| Capture Woodrun, Clifton | |
| 25th Aug Paris After thecapture of Paris Woodrun estimates that the war will be over by October |
| Chief of General Staff Beddell-Smith, Walter | |
| Jan Appointed Chief of General Staff |
| Commander Arnold, Henry H | |
| 4th April Appointed Commander of the 20th USA Air Force |
| Commander Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| Appointed Commander of the 12th Army Group |
| Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| Appointed Commander of the 12th Army Group |
| Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| Commander Brereton, Lewis H | |
| Normandy Appointed Commander of the 9th USA Airforce |
| Commander Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| Appointed Commander of the USA 1st Army |
| 1st Aug Appointed Commander of the USA 1st Army |
| 1st Aug Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| Commander LeMay, Curtis | |
| 20th Jan Guam Appointed Commander of the 21st Bomber Command |
| 20th Jan Guam Appointed Commander of the 21st Bomber Command to launch raids on Japan |
| Commander Manton, Eddy | |
| Aug Appointed Commander of XII Corps |
| Commander Patch, Alexander McCarrell | |
| 15th Aug Appointed Commander of the 7th Army |
| Commander Patton, George Smith | |
| 28th July Appointed Commander of the 8th Corps |
| 1st Aug Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army |
| Commander Simpson, William Hood | |
| Appointed Commander of the 9th Army |
| Commander Stilwell, Joseph Warren | |
| Appointed Commander of the USA 10th Army in the Pacific |
| Commander Truscott, Lucien | |
| 19th Feb Appointed Commander of VI Corps |
| Composition Bernstein, Leonard | |
| Versatile composer, conductor, pianist, Leonard Bernstein composes musical On the Town |
| Conference of Dumbarton Oaks Roosevelt, Theodore | |
21st Aug Dumbarton Oaks The US, Britain  , Russia  and China open the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, DC, It lays the foundation for the establishment of the UN |
| Conference of Maastricht Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 7th Dec Maastricht Insists that the advance into the Rhine be on a broad front |
| Constitution Hurley, Patrick | |
| 7th Nov Yenan Discusses a democratic post-war China & to reconcile the Communists & KMT |
| Death Miller, Glenn | |
| 15th Dec Death of Glenn Miller, disappears over the Channel |
| Deputy Commander Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| Appointed Deputy Commander of the USA 1st Army under General Bradley |
| Diplomacy Hurley, Patrick | |
| 7th Nov Yenan Discusses a democratic post-war China & to reconcile the Communists & KMT |
| Diplomacy Wallace, Henry | |
| Visits China to discuss American military support |
| Dragoon Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 2nd July Caen Churchill asks Eisenhower to cancel Dragoon in order to break the deadllock at Caen |
| Election Dewey, Thomas Edmund | |
| 7th Nov New Yorkate Wins 21.9 million to Roosevelt's 25.6 million votes & loses his own state of New York |
| Government Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| Appointed President of the USA , 32nd President, 3rd term |
| Incident Knutsford Patton, George Smith | |
| Says it the USA & British destiny torulethe post-war world |
| Invasion of France Patch, Alexander McCarrell | |
| 15th Aug Vosges Commands aninvasion of Southern France reaching the Vosges within 4 weeks |
| Invasion of Germany Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 28th Oct River Rhine Orders destruction of German forces west of the Rhine to establish bridgeheads |
| Massacre Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| 17th Dec Malmedy The killing of 80 USA GIs by the SS leads Roosevelt to demand an international trial |
| Nobel Prize Erlanger, Joseph | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, for work on nerve fibres |
| Nobel Prize Gasser, Herbert Spencer | |
| The Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology for work on nerve fibres |
| November Offensive Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 28th Oct River Rhine Orders destruction of German forces west of the Rhine to establish bridgeheads |
| Offensive Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 28th Oct River Rhine Orders the November Offensive which destroys all German forces west of the River Rhine |
| Operation Cobra Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| 20th July Normandy Forced to postpone Operation Cobra due to heavy rainfall |
| 24th July Normandy Operation Cobra is postponed for a 2nd time |
| 25th July Normandy Gives the go ahead for Operation Cobra |
| 25th July St Lo 2,500 bombers from the 8th & 9th Air Forces open a gap west of St-Lo |
| 27th July St Lo Pushes Patton through a gap in the German defence toward Avranches |
| 4th Aug Caen Authorizes Patton to outflank the Germans at Caen |
| 4th Aug Orleans Gap Authorizes Patton to turn into the Orleans gap toward the Seine & Paris |
| Operation Cobra Patton, George Smith | |
| 25th July Avranches Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest |
| 25th July Avranches To help Patton to break out of Avranches & drive into Brittany |
| 25th July Brest Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest |
| 25th July Lorient Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest |
| 4th Aug Caen An attempt to outflank the Germans at Caen |
| 4th Aug Orleans Authorised by Bradley to turn into the Orleans gap toward the Seine & Paris |
| Operation Totalize Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| 7th Aug Normandy Launched by Bradley to totally defeat the Germans in Normandy |
| 7th Aug Normandy Orders Patton to Le Mans & the British to Falaise |
| 22nd Aug Chambois Poles & Americans seal the Falaise pocket officially ending the Normandy Campaign |
| Operation Totalize Haislip, Wade | |
Aug Argentan Diverted by Patton to link up with the Anglo  -Canadian s at Argentan |
| Aug Argentan Helps setup a "pocket" tocapture Germans escaping from Normandy |
| 12th Aug Argentan Reaches Argentan where USA & Anglo -Canadian s are supposed to meet but are 25 miles away |
| Overlord Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| 5th June Caen 3 Airbourne Divisions land behind enemy lines at St-Mere-Eglise & Caen |
| 5th June St Mere Eglise 3 Airbourne Divisions land behind enemy lines at St-Mere-Eglise & Caen |
| 6th June Normandy Lands the 2nd British Army from the river Orme to St-Vaast-La-Hogue |
| 6th June Omah Beach The USA Army succesfully captrures Omah & Utah beaches |
| 9th June Cotentin Commands paratroopers who land on the eastern side of the Cotentin Peninsular only |
| 9th June Isigny The USA 5th Corpscapture Isigny on the way to uniting the Utah & Omaha |
| 3rd Aug Normandy Orders Patton to clear Britanny with a "minimum forces" |
| 8th Aug Falaise Orders Patton to create a "short hook" from Le Mans to Falaise to trap the Germans |
| Overlord Brereton, Lewis H | |
| Normandy Commands the 9th USA Airforce for Operation Overlord |
| Overlord Collins, Joseph | |
| 6th June Normandy Commands the USA 7th Army Corps on Utah beach |
| Overlord Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Normandy Carries out a plan to bomb the French railway system, despite Churchill's opposition |
| Jan Normandy Arrives in England to assume duties as Supreme Allied Commander of Operation Overlord |
| 15th Jan Normandy The Allies agree the plans for D-Day |
| 25th Jan The directive appointing Eisenhower Supreme Allied Commander for Overlord is issued |
| 31st Mar Slaptonds USA D-Day beach landing training exercise (Operation Beaver) at Slapton Sands , Devon, demonstrate a dangerous lack of coordination between units |
| 28th April Normandy German torpedo boats nearly discover a mock landing but all 600 soldiers are drowned |
| 3rd June Normandy The Alliedinvasion force of 150,000 departs from England on 5,300 ships |
| 4th June Normandy The weather in the Channel deteriorates & the Alliedinvasion force is recalled |
| 4th June Portsmouth Postpones Operation Overlord, due 5th June, because of bad weather |
| 5th June Normandy 176,000 men & 20,000 vehicles are to be landed in 2 days |
| 5th June Portsmouth Gives the go ahead for Operation Overlord for 6th June |
| 6th June Normandy Plans & commands the Alliedcapture of Germany from D-Day |
| 6th June Normandy The Allied landings take place with 487,653 men & 89,728 making it ashore |
| 6th June Normandy The Allies land 130,000 men & 22,000 parachutists & lose 9,500 killed or wounded |
| Overlord Gerow, Leonard | |
| 6th June Normandy Commands the USA 5th Army Corps on Omaha beach |
| Overlord Goering, Herman | |
| June Normandy Instructions to construct bogus airfields to be bombed by the Allies are decrypted |
| Overlord Hodges, Courtney Hicks | |
| 6th June Normandy Commander of the 1st USA Army during Operation Overlord |
| Overlord Kirk, Alan | |
| 6th June Commands the ships of the Western Task force which lands forces on Utah & Omaha |
| Overlord Manton, Eddy | |
| 10th June Leads the 9th Div ashore at Utah Beach |
| Overlord Patton, George Smith | |
| Pas de Calais Helps convince the Germans he will be leading an Allied landing in the Pas de Calais |
| 7th July Patton arrives in Normandy |
| 8th Aug Falaise Ordered by Bradley to create a "short hook" from Le Mans to Falaise |
| 9th Aug Normandy Turns the 5th & Free French 2nd northward to Le Mans |
| 13th Aug Argentan The "Falaise Pocket" forms as a French patrol enters Argentan |
| 13th Aug Falaise The "Falaise Pocket" forms as a French patrol enters Argentan |
| Overlord Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 6th June River Merderet Commands a landing of paratroopers tocapture a bridgehead on the the Merderet |
| Overlord Roosevelt, Quentin | |
| 6th June Omaha Beach Lands on Omaha Beach, grandson of the late President |
| Overlord Roosevelt, Teddy | |
| 6th June Utah Beach Leads the 1st assault, 8th Regimental Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division |
| 6th June Utah Beach Son of the l |
