Show D k THE 1 alvi I 1 ra u 41 0 I 1 19 of E WA R ody i andary I 1 russians move to within 27 miles of polish border fa U S marines expand hold on cape afe gloucester new britain i A 9 american troops capture san guasta ti italy atla IS TWO new russian offensives are arc opened ened 22 british blast magdeburg in 1000 plane ian alii elji raid I 1 27 LENINGRAD CLEARED OF NAZIS go hitler atler ui in speech anticipates defeat february tl I 1 chinese advance in northern burma flat tj t imagines 3 marines capture namur and other isi lands in the marshalls marchalls Mar 6 au U S army takes atoll in 1 marsha marchalls Mar 11 S 4 1118 f 6 heaviest bomb load yet dropped hurled aji I 1 on berlin by british bombers U S n naval av a task la s k force e altac attacks s tut main jap P b base ain in south pacific VIC It Japanese es e cb et reorganized following attack v on uasa U S naval task force strikes at marlc maric anas islands 44 ia an AH of western new britain passes to 1 american control y 2 19 S bailit Stalin offers peace terms to finland ill 4 1 march lati 8 record raid on berlin made by 2000 planes anes bussi it russian a n army crosses bu bug river r DO 19 A advancing avan cing russians enter bes sarabia rialla aft 26 Rus Russians reach romanian border rao aso palau islands 1600 miles south of f ja pan attacked by U S navy davy UZI ilia apa at april 2 russian troops enter romant romania II 11 american planes bomb aust austria 1 10 ODESSA FALLS TO RUSSIANS allied troops halt jap drive near ko 11 hima in india I 1 19 A thousand U S bombers raid berlin japans mid pacific base trul C la is r raided id tor for time T may 7 allied forces in italy atai turn back german me counterattack near anzio analo ib sevastopol eva black sea naval base falls to russians 4 i li Cli inese launch counteroffensive counter offensive la in western cunnan province TIB B CASSINO NAZI STRONG POINT IN ITALY FALLS TO AMERICANS AFTER LONG SIEGE E 28 allied bombers strike at german synthetic oil plants in leipsig area m i june sf ir 4 AMERICAN TROOPS ENTER ROME ft 91 INVASION OF CONTINENT BEGINS if j WITH LANDINGS IN NORMANDY allies in italy capture port 38 miles w north of rome isallias 3 allies advance into northern france reaching point IS 15 miles inland 17 7 chinese take kamling Ka maing burma B 23 week long german robot bombing bIng reported r ted by british ESS american tank units enter cherbourg Cher bourg important french port IS 25 russians capture and ZhI obin july t 3 minsk falls to russians as they sweep into polish territory t G robot bomb casualties and damage in southern england are admitted to be serious a B british and canadians enter ca caan F france r ance anchor of german lines line s f lor IS weeks beeks w 27 alx nazi bases the most important being lwow fall fail to russians on various fronts ft 29 brest litovsky captured by russians 30 allied breakthrough break through registers large j gains in france es august 11 j resistance in island in marchalls marshalls Mar shalli ends B d 2 turkey breaks diplomatic relations with germany X OClO 0 guam conquered giving U S control of all important islands of marshalls marchalls Mar I 1 ISA second allied invasion force lands on it southern french coast between mar seme seine and nice au U S tank units reach suburbs of paris to 20 southern france invasion force enters L to toulon ulo n 31 Roman Romanian lan capital bucharest Is entered by russians september Pep september 1 I 1 finns and russians russian cease fighting in truce S drussia declares war on bulgaria T britain lifts blackout black out regula regulations ti ns considering si menace from air con conquered berd CU American first army pushes ave five miles into german territory BU Romania granted armistice by allies la russians reach border of hoslo to v fakla it 16 U S third fleet attacks cebu and ne bros islands of the philippines ab iros second quebec conference ends plans tor for quick finish of european war and of 9 marshala mar marshaling n g of forces for japanese front are made ElB ati fin Finnish nigh armistice signed by russia and ry finland 22 R Russians take tallinn tallian Tal linn capital of estonia aso Rus russians stans gain 60 mlle mile wide bridgehead in yugoslavia october I 1 calais french channel port falls to alf iles if 3 siegfried line breached at auebach by U S fifth army 4 U S bombers raid borneo oil fields 4 8 Rusi russians cross hungarian border 21 fieast east prussian border reached by rus ill r slang dans S troops enter aachen important V M german border city AO AMERICAN 20 FORCES UNDER GEN y macarthur INVADE philippines A LANDING ON LEYTE ISLAND LI moscow conference between stalin and ft churchill ends 29 16 U S navy meets meet and defeats huge jap fleet between philippines and formosa november 14 4 AU all german forces force driven from greece 7 japs gain in china advancing on rail if city of liu Ll chow meanwhile british j broor troops drive back ja jap in burma v 11 U S planes sink eig eight I 1 t jap warships git British bombers sink camou f amous jo ji german battleship in norwegian norwegia port rt IM 26 great allied drive launched on aap mile ff 0 front from holland to 2 20 french troops reach rhine river la in i plunge through belfort gap i bunge 21 aleut aleut leut gen patton leads third army in drive 23 miles beyond metz U B bomb tokyo factories from base la in t marianas mariakas Mari anas 1550 miles away t 67 17 gen mark dark clark Is made corn jbf malaer in chief of U S army forces force in 4 6 13 tal italy S third army attacks tort forts at kil brucken bruc keo and merzig merrle v n towns first and ninth armies capture border U S planes sink link 10 jap transports transport and three destroyers drowning 1000 near leyte december 1 U S third army reaches river 2 nazis nails withdraw troops from norway leaving only small garrison forces 3 american armies advance in both roer and valleys 4 U S third army enters as entire allied front of miles swings into motion military and political crisis grips china rioting breaks out in athens greece civil war threatens 6 raid jap bases on bonin islands others hit tokyo again ft 8 units of division make new landing on leyte splitting jap lines 11 21 macarthurs Mac Alac Arthurs troops capture ormom enemy e ara y su supply port on leyte france n ce and russia sign mutual no assistance pact 13 greek factional fighting grows in inte intensity n B hit nagoya japanese aircraft production d action center 14 TT S tank and infantry units reach 0 outskirts t of duren key to cologne reg region ion S seventh army advances advance to german border on 35 mile front 1 I 1 mOM if ESTIC ST I 1 january 3 eight men and two women are ind indicted acte on sedition charges 10 congress reconvenes II 11 roosevelt asks tor for national service act 13 A budget of Is presidents president estimate of 1944 needs 20 army allows induction of loyal japanese americans 26 muster out pay bill cassed passed providing for a maximum of 3 0 29 worlds most powerful battleship the ton missouri Is launched february 7 tax bill sent to white house it provides tor for of additional addition al revenue 16 war relocation authority transferred to department of interior 17 army announces more than men have been returned from the pacific fronts on furloughs furroughs besides the sick and wounded and that the rotation furlough plan ian Is in full swin swing g 18 selective service 0 orders rd ers farm workers worker reclassified 22 tax bill Is vetoed as wholly y inadequate aate 2 24 J congress angress overrides veto on tax bill sen i A alban ben barkley democratic majority leader who resigned in on veto is renamed named re march 6 five veterans organizations combine in asking tor for a bonus up to tor for all members of the armed forces 14 draft deferments determents deter ments tor for men 18 to 26 in essential industry ended except tor for 15 Sc k soldier key idler men ete vote bill providing for or short federal ballots Is passed and sent to president 21 state department announces that it will have no dealings with the vichy french 9 government overn ment 25 three men and two women are convicted as spies and sentenced to long terms april I 1 army reports that IOS enlisted men have been discharged between december 1 1941 and january 31 1944 4 house committee reveals that the federal government now owns one fifth of the land area of continental united states 5 wendell winkle withdraws as a republican presidential candidate after defeat in wisconsin f 12 attorney general biddle reopens invests kation of political action committee ol of CIO 17 A new chemical treatment that will give wood an any Y degree of hardness desired Is announced C ed 26 federal troops take possession of the chicago plant of montgomery ward co by order of when the company refused to obey his order to recognize a CIO union 28 29 gen douglas macarthur announces that he will not accept nomination tor for president slay may I 1 pulitzer Pull tzer prize for novels awarded to martin flavin tor for journey in the dark musical COM comedy c dy oklahoma won a special specia I 1 award for authors 2 3 most meats are removed from rationing in steaks and beef roasts are principal exceptions ll 11 new ew regulations most m men n over 26 those nose under 26 are scheduled scheduled lor for early induction men 2629 in war supporting industries gain at least six months determent deferment and those 30 and over an indefinite stay 15 senate voted to delay action on poll tax bill british delegation arrives tor for talks on postwar security 20 communist comman i st party votes to disband as a political party but to continue as an association 22 supreme court decision upholds validity ol of OPA suspension orders 31 synthetic sugar is produced at the university of california process Is too expensive to be practical at present governors ove enors conference adopts resolution calling for or restoration of state powers yielded to federal government when war emergency ends june 1 secretary of state hull pledges that in the postwar world organization small nations will be kept on an equality with large in every practicable way 2 war man manpower ower commission anno announces ances that it w will take over absolute control of all male workers over 17 to c check beck turnover in essential industries 8 twenty one brigadier generals promoted to major generals and 63 colonels to brigadiers G I 1 bill of rights clears congress 13 democrats lose majority in the house with the election of roua rolla mcmillen Mc illinois min 0 5 21 senate passes army appropriation bill of 28 reau republican uil can convention nominates thomas E D dewey e Y governor of new york lor for president en wet and john W bricker governor of ohio as vice president 29 A serum scrum to prevent measles has been developed and will be made available soon tho the red cross reveals july 3 treasury reveals that war costs cost for or fiscal fisi ca I 1 year total 00 90 billion dollars 7 the grumman F 7 F new two motored naval fighting plane Is tested and ll Is called superior to the hellcat 0 Roosevel ts conversations with gen charles De of france end de reported to be highly gratified 9 vice president wallace returns return 5 from china he predicts an era of peace in the pacific with russia and C china ina as leaders 11 21 president roosevelt says that he be will run again it nominated 13 eric johnston president ot of U S chamber ot of commerce returns return from russia duke and duchess of windsor arrive in new york from the bahamas 14 army reveals that there are now war prisoners in the U S being german and italian 20 democratic convention in chicago nominates roosevelt for or fourth term 21 sen harry truman mo la is nominated lor for democratic vice presidential candidacy 30 army says that malaria has been reduced to two thirds ot of early war rate august 2 strike of philadelphia transit workers worker is referred to president I 1 governors conference ends after issuing statement tat ement defining limits limits of state and federal federal powers 6 0 philadelphia street cars and busses operate under army control newly developed calculating machine that will solve problems in h higher mathematics Is announced by harvard university ver sity 12 president returns from rom visit to hawaii and alaska 1 I 4 strike k e of midwestern truck drivers ends following government seizure of lines 16 army ends censorship of 0 soldiers reading matter 23 11 S department of justice hies files antitrust suit in lincoln neb against VI 47 western railroads 25 secretary of state hull and john F dulles representing dewey discuss for eign len policy senate passes bill to take care of government surplus sales 19 29 republican campaign opens with radio speeches by governors warren of california green of illinois and baldwin of co cont SO 30 navy poris the construction of sh ships 3 3 boms jt au an types since september 1 1 1939 93 septem september ber 1 6 army anno announces u aces demobilization plans more th than an a million men will be dis dusl 1 charged when germany Is defeated seventeen processed foods are removed irom from ration list II 11 roosevelt meets churchill in quebec tor for military Nine in 1 ar Y discussions 15 nineteen 1 m coal mines ln ines are arc seized on the presidents a ord orders rs 21 congress recesses until november 14 anres 28 raton ration controls removed irom from an all farm machinery except corn pickers 30 birth rate tor for 1943 increased census bureau says october 5 strike of 0 detroit maintenance workers affecting 33 war plants and workers ends 6 super powered xray X ray announced th that atwill will Voto photograph graph through a toot foot of steel 7 peace bace e conference at dumbarton oaks I 1 N H ends sessions A general framework tor for peace and security agreed upon n it Is announced 18 vo war a r production board announces that it has permitted 1110 manufacturers to resume ie civilian production 23 91 de recognized as head of french provisional government government by the U S and other unite united nations 25 U S and other united nations resume diplomatic relations with italy november 6 D dept ep t of agriculture announces a decline in n fj farm rm population in last four years i am amounting filing to 7 N nationwide elections held president roosevelt reelected by majority of votes or 53 per cent of 0 popular vote voted winning 36 states and electoral votes twenty democrats and 13 republicans i gain senate seats democrats elect representatives and republicans eighteen republican and 13 democratic governors elected 14 congress meets supplement Sup supplementary tary appropriations main b business u siness la 18 special committee on warne wartime living costs r reports arts to president that rise Is 23 per ce cent n over january 1 1941 level 20 sixth war loan drive opens 27 strike on two electric railroads serving chicago area ends after 17 days edward appointed secretary of state to succeed cordell hull 30 assistant attorney general norman ut lit tell dismissed by president december I 1 strikes in detroit and chicago delay production of B 29 bombers 2 government halts rl plans la in cities until production meets i schedule rear adm husband kimmel and mal gen walter short pearl harbor corn manders will not be court war and navy boards rule 4 draft of agreement of international civil aviation conference Is completed andi and ready for signatures of delegates 7 sedition trial of 26 defendants ends ln in mistrial prison revolt ot of 21 23 atlanta convicts ended 10 work or fight order issued by war mobilization director byrnes threatening men in age 2637 26 37 bracket bracket with induction who are not in war jobs 11 nobel prizes awarded to five americans 13 war prisoners at fort sheridan ill 9 go on sit down strike 1300 put on bread bread and water 14 production quotas on machine guns reduced to release workers tor for more mora critical items 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